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Re: testing whether package is removed or purged with -x, not -f



"Christopher W. Curtis" <ccurtis@aet-usa.com> writes:

> There's really no reason why it wouldn't be wise. netbase is a
> required package, but I don't want it running on my firewall. The
> only (big) things that require it are nfs and nis; services which
> aren't really that common [reasoning: debian is not a 'corporate'
> dist; most people who use nis and nfs are organizations and the
> majority still have that 'who do i call?' attitude that makes them
> pick a dist with phone support.

i run nis and nfs at home (not to mention on the computers at the
university) because i happen to have more than one computer. does this
make me a corporation? interesting....

--alex--

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|  automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion  |
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