Re: what wants to remove gcc?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 06/10/07 10:43, Rick Pasotto wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 08:51:39AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 06/10/07 08:23, Rick Pasotto wrote:
> > > Currently 'apt-get upgrade' wants to upgrade 289 packages. Rather
> > > than do them all at once, I like to do smaller groups packages.
> > It will save you time by running "# apt-get -d -y upgrade" while you
> > go eat breakfast.  Once all the packages are downloaded, run "#apt-get
> > upgrade" interactively.
>
> The -d option is a good idea but my main question still has not been
> answered. What wants to *remove* gcc and why?

If this were happening to me, and I *really* cared, I'd use a binary 
search algorithm to narrow it down.

> Also, what does it mean to run "apt-get upgrade" *interactively*?

Huh?  How *else* do you run "apt-get upgrade"?

<SUSPICIOUSLY>
You don't run "apt-get upgrade" blindly thru cron, do you?
</SUSPICIOUSLY>

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