Re: 1.3.1 upgrade: getting rid of the package base 1.1.0-13 -- dselect and downgrading dosemu
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> Hi,
>
> i first installed Debian 1.1 (how was it called btw ?) and then
> upgraded some packages from rex, bo and hamm. I did not upgrade the
> whole system with deselect as i had neither a CD reader nor a network
> connection. So i could only use floppy disks to get and install some
> packages with dpkg. Among the packages i upgraded were base 1.2 and
> base 1.3. Now i have upgraded with dselect from a 1.3.1 CD and
> everything is going well except for two minor details:
>
> - dselect reports the package base 1.1.0-13 as obsolete but will not
> purge it (neither will dpkg --purge) because it is an essential
> package. It does not stop me from working but it would be cleaner
> if i could remove it. Removing its entry from the status file would
> it be safe ?
NO NO NO!! Don't try removing this package. It owns all of your device
files. Removing it will leave your system in a completely unusable state.
Just leave that package as it is.
> - dselect did not downgrade the packages i had installed from hamm
> except for dosemu. I had dosemu_0.66.6-1 and now i have
> dosemu_0.66.3-1 (the version in bo).
you can just upgrade back to hamm version.
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