On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Simon Hollenbach <ionpowe...@googlemail.com> wrote: > ----- Original message ----- >> I was paring down my installation and the command for gcc-4.2-base more >> or less threatened to wipe out everything on the server. >> apt-get purge gcc-4.2-base > http://packages.debian.org/lenny/gcc-4.2-base >> Is that the norm, or is it due to a corrupted package database? > i think its what it should do >> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer >> required: >> libdns35 linux-libc-dev autotools-dev openvpn-blacklist >> The following extra packages will be installed: >> libdns35 >> The following packages will be REMOVED: >> adduser* ajaxterm* apache2* apache2-mpm-prefork* apache2-utils* >> apache2.2-common* apt* apt-show-versions* apt-utils* >> aptitude* base-files* base-passwd* bash* belocs-locales-bin* bind9* >> binutils* bsdmainutils* bsdutils* >> build-essential* bzip2* comerr-dev* console-setup* console-terminus* >> console-tools* coreutils* cpio* cpp* cpp-4.2* >> cron* curl* dash* debconf* debconf-i18n* debianutils* debootstrap* >> defoma* dhcp3-client* dhcp3-common* dhcp3-server* >> diff* dmidecode* dpkg* dpkg-dev* e2fslibs* e2fsprogs* eject* ethtool* >> fail2ban* file* findutils* fontconfig* >> fontconfig-config* g++* g++-4.2* gcc* gcc-4.2* gcc-4.2-base* >> gettext-base* gnupg* gpgv* grep* groff-base* gzip* >> hostname* ifupdown* initramfs-tools* initscripts* iproute* iptables* >> iputils-ping* klogd* laptop-detect* less* >> libacl1* libapache2-mod-php5* libapr1* libaprutil1* libapt-pkg-perl* >> libatm1* libattr1* libaudio2* >> libauthen-pam-perl* libbind9-30* libblkid1* libbz2-1.0* libc6* > I think that ones quite essentiell > > GNU C Library: Shared libraries > > Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on the > system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and > the standard math library, as well as many others. > http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libc6 > >
gcc != libc or glibc (as it's currently known) gcc == gnu c compiler they're also separate packages under debian. i don't know what's up with the purge. it should just mess with things like build-essentials and possibly things gotten through 'apt-get source'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlkti=q_rsbu9_oogexujrhybx_0u9qefnqlx9iz...@mail.gmail.com