Hi, yes, very sad, indeed, especially if the host is only reachable via ssh and that breaks.
I had libkrb53 installed from lenny and libk5crypto3 from sid. Something depended on it and it was set as an automatic dependency. On upgrade, that dependency vanished and so libk5crypto3 was removed automatically. Now /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3 was missing which left the machine more or less dead. I usually don't read all the NEWS about packages that are removed automatically. I wasn't even aware about the fact, that this action corresponds to a downgrade. Also I was ignorant about the way `Replaces:' works. So I'm not sure how I could have known beforehand that I'm going to blow away the system. Or can Joe Admin really be expected to be aware about all these details? I know it's my own fault if I shoot myself in the foot, but would you please not hand me a loaded gun with the safety released and a broken trigger that can go off any time? Cheers, harry
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