On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 09:13:37PM -0800, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > after simulating an apt-get dist-upgrade to > woody/testing. apt-get issued the following warning: > > WARNING: The following essential packages will be > removed > This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what > you are doing! > sysvinit util-linux (due to sysvinit) > > are these warnings benign? are these packages no > longer needed woody? please adivse.
FWIW, I have these, and they're labelled Essential and Required ... so I don't think that those warnings are benign. I cannot suggest why they happen or anything, just that on my sid system, these packages are still very important ... Hugo van der Merwe
