Re: apt wants to remove bash, base-files; other move questions

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

David Wood <obsidian@panix.com> writes:

> Now using
>
> deb http://amd64.debian.net/debian/ sid main contrib
>
> An upgrade wants to remove base-files and bash. Digging deeper, I see
> base-files is being removed because:
>
> base-files pre-depends on libc6 (< 2.3.2.dsl-20.0.1)
>
> I saw some traffic on the list that looked similar. But I don't
> understand what you did, and I don't want to guess wrong and hose my
> whole system.
>
> Do I want base-files 3.1.2-0.0.0.3.pure64? Or just 3.1.2?
>
> Do I want libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20.0.0.1.pure64? or 2.3.2.ds1-21?
>
> What is the safest way to handle this transition?
>
> -David

And yet another person that hasn't been reading the ML for the last
half year. Go fish.

MfG
        Goswin