On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 18:43, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> # apt-cache show fileutils
> Description: The GNU file management utilities (transitional package)
> Empty package to facilitate upgrades, can be safely removed.
>
> # apt-get remove fileutils
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> alsa-modules-2.4.18-k7 fileutils kernel-doc-2.4.18 kernel-doc-2.4.19 kernel-headers-2.4.18
> kernel-headers-2.4.18-k7 kernel-headers-2.4.19-k7 kernel-image-2.4.18-k7
> kernel-image-2.4.19-k7 kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.18-k7 kernel-source-2.4.18
> After unpacking 183MB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
>
> I don't know. Do I? It said "safely be removed". Is this safe?
It depends on what kernel you are running. If you are running >= 2.4.20,
then there should be no problems removing all the above packages.
Having said that, make sure that you dont need any of these packages
before you go ahes. I use a custom built and I just removed fileutils
with no probs to free 8192B
HTH,
Shri
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