On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 09:33:25AM -0400, Richard Cobbe wrote: > On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 02:28:59PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > a few days ago I saw someone on the list advise the use of debfoster > > for removing packages that had been installed as dependencies of no > > longer present packages, and I decided to give it a try, and it broke > > msmtp-ssl (I can no longer use it nor rebuild it). > > Yes, I think that was me. Sorry my suggestion led to trouble for you.
Don't apologize, it's not your fault, and there was no harm done (just a big fright for me before I understood how to set things right). > > > First, debfoster seems to have removed (at least) one package > > needed for msmtp, because when I try to send an e-mail I get > > the following error message: > > dyld: msmtp can't open library: /sw/lib/libgsasl.7.dylib (No such file or > > +directory, errno = 2) > > > > (indeed I remember debfoster proposing me to remove packages with > > gsasl9 in their names, and I accepted) > > That sounds like msmtp-ssl is missing a dependency or two. (I vaguely > recall experiencing this myself, several months back.) Send an email to > the msmtp-ssl maintainer letting them know about this. OK, thanks for the tip, I contacted the maintainer. > > Additionally, I would like to know if there are any special > > precautions to take when using debfoster? Did I do something > > wrong when using it? (I just launched the command 'debfoster' > > and answered yes or no when it prompted me to keep or remove > > packages) > > No, that's pretty much how you use it. In general, no precautions are > necessary beyond those that you should generally take when performing > system administration tasks. All right, thank you for the information. I do not know however whether I'll use debfoster again soon, because although I could solve my problem quite easily after all, this game me a fright! :) Cheers, Clemence ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
