Re: Removing mktmp and diff
On 2010-12-26 22:03 +0100, Slicky Johnson wrote:
> Is it safe to remove these from Squeeze?
>
> $ deborphan
> mktemp
> diff
Yes, those are empty transitional packages in squeeze, so you can safely
remove them.
> # aptitude purge diff mktemp
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> diff{p} mktemp{p}
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 57.3 kB will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
> The following ESSENTIAL packages will be REMOVED!
> diff mktemp
>
> WARNING: Performing this action will probably cause your system to
> break! Do NOT continue unless you know EXACTLY what you are doing!
> To continue, type the phrase "I am aware that this is a very bad idea":
You almost surely still have an entry for lenny (or stable) in your
sources.list and are hit by bug #216768¹.
Sven
¹ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=216768
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