Dan Jacobson writes: > Description: The perl data language. Perl extensions for numerics. looks > threatening to the system. Ok, better quit while I'm ahead. If you had anything installed that depended on pdl apt would be offering to remove it. If removing pdl was threatening to your system apt would warn you. Try 'apt-get -s --purge remove bash'. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin