Re: 1.3.1 upgrade: getting rid of the package base 1.1.0-13 -- dselect and downgrading dosemu

From: Eloy A. Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! At 04:45 PM 7/11/97 PDT, Bruce Perens wrote: ! ! However, edit /var/lib/dpkg/status and remove the paragraph ! about the base package, and that will effectively purge it. ! Forcing dpkg to remove the package removes all of the files in /dev. ! It's my

Re: 1.3.1 upgrade: getting rid of the package base 1.1.0-13 -- dselect and downgrading dosemu

Hi, At 04:45 PM 7/11/97 PDT, Bruce Perens wrote: However, edit /var/lib/dpkg/status and remove the paragraph about the base package, and that will effectively purge it. Forcing dpkg to remove the package removes all of the files in /dev. It's my error, sorry. But removing this paragraph by hand

Re: 1.3.1 upgrade: getting rid of the package base 1.1.0-13 -- dselect and downgrading dosemu

However, edit /var/lib/dpkg/status and remove the paragraph about the base package, and that will effectively purge it. Forcing dpkg to remove the package removes all of the files in /dev. It's my error, sorry. Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL

1.3.1 upgrade: getting rid of the package base 1.1.0-13 -- dselect and downgrading dosemu

Hi, i first installed Debian 1.1 (how was it called btw ?) and then upgraded some packages from rex, bo and hamm. I did not upgrade the whole system with deselect as i had neither a CD reader nor a network connection. So i could only use floppy disks to get and install some packages with dpkg.

Re: 1.3.1 upgrade: getting rid of the package base 1.1.0-13 -- dselect and downgrading dosemu

Hi, i first installed Debian 1.1 (how was it called btw ?) and then upgraded some packages from rex, bo and hamm. I did not upgrade the whole system with deselect as i had neither a CD reader nor a network connection. So i could only use floppy disks to get and install some packages

Re: 1.3.1 upgrade: getting rid of the package base 1.1.0-13 -- dselect and downgrading dosemu

Hi, Laurent Bonnaud ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : i first installed Debian 1.1 (how was it called btw ?) Buzz (Lightyear) was the name of Debian 1.1. Cool name. : - dselect reports the package base 1.1.0-13 as obsolete but will not :purge it (neither will dpkg --purge) because it is an

Re: 1.3.1 upgrade: getting rid of the package base 1.1.0-13 -- dselect and downgrading dosemu

Igor == Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Igor Igor NO NO NO!! Don't try removing this package. It owns all of your device Igor files. Removing it will leave your system in a completely unusable state. Igor Just leave that package as it is. Yes, that's what i see when i list the

Re: 1.3.1 upgrade: getting rid of the package base 1.1.0-13 -- dselect and downgrading dosemu

[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Note that it is possible to remove base (see one of my messages in the -user or -devel archive), but I don't recommend it if you don't know what you're doing. You can by installing al the replacement packages first (make sure you have the makedev package), then

Re: 1.3.1 upgrade: getting rid of the package base 1.1.0-13 -- dselect and downgrading dosemu

On Jul 10, Laurent Bonnaud wrote Igor == Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Igor Igor NO NO NO!! Don't try removing this package. It owns all of your device Igor files. Removing it will leave your system in a completely unusable state. Igor Just leave that package as it is.