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Re: Okay to remove obsolete required packages like "base"?



On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Mark Phillips wrote:

> I suppose I could hold the base package --- but are there any other
> nasties awaiting me --- I read on the list somewhere that using apt
> through dselect wasn't as safe as using apt-get.

I wouldn't know because I never use apt-get .... I just don't trust it and
I am usually trying to get only a few specific packages since most of my
systems tend to be a mix of stable, frozen, and stable.




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