I have the same problem: getting rid of old base

["James D. Freels" <fea@fea.rrd.ornl.gov>]

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> - 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 ?

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>Laurent.

base-files replaced base, but we cannot get rid of the old base.

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