Re: Is the Jan 27 version of Packages.gz for potato/main safe?
Hello Guys,
Last night I have downloaded the latest Base-Install and then I have
used dselect to install MC, NFS-Server, PROFTPD, SAMBA and RSYNC.
At the access methode "APT-GET" I have gotten following message:
Need to get 11.6 MB of archives.
After unpacking 1935 KB will be used.
You are about to do something potentially harmful.
To continue type in the phrase "Yes, I understand this may be bad"
Then before I had the warning, that it will remove a dotzend of packages.
Whats this ???
They joke me ???
I had only the base-Installation: base2_2.tgz, drivers.tgz, rescue.bin
OK, I have downloaded from http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian the new
base-install and now it works. APT-GET has downloaded 33 MByte in aound
5 minutes and installed them properly.
If I try to update my SLINK 2.1r2 it will remove the whole Installation.
Now I will install a new Workstation based on POTATO only.
Michelle
At 01:10 28.01.2000 -0600, you wrote
--------> This was the original Message:
>On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Eric Hanchrow wrote:
>> I've been upgrading my potato installation about every day for months,
>> and usually only a few packages get upgraded. But earlier today, I
>> started my usual upgrade process, and pulled down the latest
>> Packages.gz file for potato/main, and (I use dselect) noticed that
>> many (thirty or more?) of my installed packages were now marked for
>> removal. I was afraid to continue with the process, so I didn't ask
>> dselect to do the installation.
>>
>> Is there something actually wrong with that Packages file, or am I
>> just being paranoid?
>
>The problem is twofold. First, libc6-bin has been folded into libc6,
>which will remove netscape-base-4 (and the rest that all depend on that)
>and w3c. The larger part of the problem is that xscreensaver mistakenly
>depends on perl instead of perl5, which causes perl-5.005 to be removed,
>which kills many other things.
>
>The best solution for the moment is to put libc6, libc6-dev, locales,
>and xscreensaver on hold until it's all worked out.
>
>
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> 8 Jan 2000 - Old email addresses removed from key, new added
>
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