Re: Allow apt to remove "getty"?? (was: Use apt to form a partial local mirror of Slink -- how?)
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Mark Phillips wrote:
> Now I am trying to do an apt-get upgrade of the system to slink. But
> I get the following error:
>
> WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
> This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
> getty
> 235 packages upgraded, 53 newly installed, 44 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> Need to get 57.3Mb/105Mb of archives. After unpacking 106Mb will be used.
> You are about to do something potentially harmful
> To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, I understand this is bad'
> ?]
>
> So what is to be done with the getty package?
Haha! You are the first to encounter my new warning :>
getty is one of them pesky obsolete essential packages, it is safe to
continue and I think this may have been mentioned in the release notes
Jason
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