Sarge-Etch: which obsolete packages can be removed?
I've had a debian machine running for a number of years and I've upgraded from woody-sarge-etch. Looking at the listing in aptitude there are a lot of obsolete packages - such as gcc-2.95, gcc-3.0, python-2.1, ipchains, libdb2, libnewt0, libreadline3, slang1. I assume its safe to remove old versions of gcc and ipchains. What about the other ones? Am I likely to break things by removing ALL of these packages? Could it wreck locally compiled packages (of which there are not many)? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sarge-Etch: which obsolete packages can be removed?
On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:02:46 +1000 Robert S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had a debian machine running for a number of years and I've upgraded from woody-sarge-etch. Looking at the listing in aptitude there are a lot of obsolete packages - such as gcc-2.95, gcc-3.0, python-2.1, ipchains, libdb2, libnewt0, libreadline3, slang1. I assume its safe to remove old versions of gcc and ipchains. What about the other ones? Am I likely to break things by removing ALL of these packages? Could it wreck locally compiled packages (of which there are not many)? It could indeed wreck locally compiled packages, because aptitude has no idea of the requirements of those packages. Have you considered recompiling them? -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sarge-Etch: which obsolete packages can be removed?
It could indeed wreck locally compiled packages, because aptitude has no idea of the requirements of those packages. Have you considered recompiling them? Yes - when I get back from my trip overseas and am able to fix up any damage! I assume that packages that are part of etch won't be affected?? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sarge-Etch: which obsolete packages can be removed?
On Wed, 23 May 2007 23:04:45 +1000 Robert S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It could indeed wreck locally compiled packages, because aptitude has no idea of the requirements of those packages. Have you considered recompiling them? Yes - when I get back from my trip overseas and am able to fix up any damage! I assume that packages that are part of etch won't be affected?? Won't be affected by what? The recompilation? -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sarge-Etch: which obsolete packages can be removed?
Yes - when I get back from my trip overseas and am able to fix up any damage! I assume that packages that are part of etch won't be affected?? Won't be affected by what? The recompilation? No - by purging the obsolete packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sarge-Etch: which obsolete packages can be removed?
On Thu, 24 May 2007 07:07:50 +1000 Robert S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes - when I get back from my trip overseas and am able to fix up any damage! I assume that packages that are part of etch won't be affected?? Won't be affected by what? The recompilation? No - by purging the obsolete packages. Correct. Etch is self-contained. None of the packages in etch depends on obsolete packages. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
