Re: what wants to remove gcc?

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

On 06/10/07 13:10, Rick Pasotto wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 11:20:04AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Huh? Every individual package I've tried to upgrade wants to remove gcc
> yet the whole collection does not.
>
> > > Also, what does it mean to run "apt-get upgrade" *interactively*?
> > Huh?  How *else* do you run "apt-get upgrade"?
>
> If there is no other way or if you mean in the normal way then the
> modifier "interactively" is redundant and only causes confusion.

It's *absolutely* possible to run apt-get non-interactively.

Put this in root's crontab to run at 02:00 -
    apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade

Highly *not* recommended, though.

> > <SUSPICIOUSLY>
> > You don't run "apt-get upgrade" blindly thru cron, do you?
> > </SUSPICIOUSLY>
>
> When I run 'rm -i' it prompts before each removal. *That's* what
> "interactively" means to me.

Yup... :)

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