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

[Roy-Anders Larsen <royal@bellsouth.net>]

On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Mark Phillips wrote:

> I've just done an upgrade to slink, but when I go into dselect I
> observe that there are a number of obsolete packages:
> 
>     --- Obsolete and local packages present on system ---
>     ----- Obsolete/local Required packages -----
>     ------- Obsolete/local Required packages in section base -------
>  *__ Req base     base         1.1.0-14    <none>                              
> 
>  *** Req base     slang0.99.38 0.99.38-6   <none>
>     ----- Obsolete/local Standard packages -----
>     ------- Obsolete/local Standard packages in section devel -------
>  *** Std devel    ncurses3.4-d 1.9.9g-8.10 <none>
>     ------- Obsolete/local Standard packages in section mail -------
>  *** Std mail     elm          2.4pl25-6   <none>
>     ------- Obsolete/local Standard packages in section utils -------
>  *** Std utils    lsof         4.28-3      <none>
>     ----- Obsolete/local Optional packages -----
[..snip..]

I have:

    --- Obsolete and local packages present on system ---
    ----- Obsolete/local Required packages -----
    ------- Obsolete/local Required packages in section base -------
 *** Req base     slang0.99.38 0.99.38-6   <none>
    ----- Obsolete/local Optional packages -----
    ------- Obsolete/local Optional packages in section contrib/net -------
 *** Opt contrib/ pppload      1.0-5       <none>
    ----- Obsolete/local Unclassified packages -----
    ------- Obsolete/local Unclassified packages without a section -------
 *** ?   ?        kernel-image bakh.1.5    <none>
 *** ?   ?        kernel-image bakh.1.1    <none>
 *** ?   ?        pico         3.96M-2     <none>
 *** ?   ?        pilot        3.96M-2     <none>
 *** ?   ?        pine         3.96M-2     <none>
 *** ?   ?        pine-tech-no 3.96M-2     <none>

Now, I do understand that the last 7 packages have been created and
installed by me and as such would be in the classification 'local'.
As for slang0.99.38, there is a
 *** Req base     slang1       1.2.2-2     1.2.2-2     The S-Lang programming li
installed, so I guess I could get rid of slang0.99.38 ?
What would be the proper way to do this ?
uninstall both packages, then reinstalling slang1 ?
Or just uninstalling slang0.99.38 ?
Also, I used to have newt0.21 (or whatever), and it was listed as an
obsolete package since I have newt0.25.  Could it cause any problems that
I simply deselected the newt0.21 package ?
And what about pppload ?  I don't see any new 'replacement' for pppload in
my packages list ?
Where did it go ?  Has it been 'integrated' into another package ?


Roy-Anders