Re: ldso part 2

["Greg Wiley" <greg@orthogony.com>]

On Saturday, October 27, 2001 4:16 AM, cjwatson@debian.org

> > I gave removing
> > ldso a shot on a non-critical testing machine.
> > [...]
> > Today's upgrade put ldso right back on.
> > [...]
> > Now orphaner says, again, that nothing
> > depends on ldso and that it may be safely
> > removed.

> Try 'dpkg -p ldso' and 'apt-cache show ldso'. Do either of those display
> an 'Essential: yes' field? What tool are you using to upgrade?

Both commands yield a "yes" in the "Essential:" field.  I use
apt-get to upgrade.

Since the package is in the optional section, I would assume
it is not essential.  But that may only indicate a misunderstanding
on my part of the Debian use of those terms.

Thanks,

  -=greg