Re: 1.3 -> 2.0. Am I okay to reboot?
Chris Wong wrote:
> WARNING
> If APT lists lib* in the list of essential packages to remove then
> it is very likely you will hose your system by continuing.
> ------
>
> This was quoted from the Debian 2.0 update README. I've logged
> my 1.3 -> 2.0 update, and just noticed something. Is it a big deal?
> Is it safe to reboot?
libreadline2-dev will be removed in favor of libreadlineg2 (which is needed
for the bash that comes with hamm). You might want to install
libreadlineg2-dev by the way, but it is not needed for normal operation.
libnet is replaced by libnet-perl.
So, I don't seen any problems and I'd say go for it!
>
> ---- (my stuff) ----
> # apt-get dist-upgrade
> Updating package status cache...done
> Checking system integrity...ok
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> libnet libreadline2-dev
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> libmime-base64-perl libdb2 liblockfile0 libnet-perl libstdc++2.8 whiptail
> zlib1g pkg-order perl-base libgdbmg1 tcl7.6 libg++272 newt0.21 data-dumper
> libc6 ncurses3.4 libcompfaceg1 libreadlineg2 slang0.99.38
> The following packages have been kept back
> util-linux
> 138 packages upgraded, 19 newly installed, 2 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> Need to get 39.9M of archives. After unpacking 9057k will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
bye,
-Remco
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