On a second try, with a fresh live ISO, I had to mess around quite a bit before arriving at that warning. So perhaps my previous system was a bit too far from pristine.
Ralph. Ralph Ronnquist wrote on 2/8/19 2:09 pm: > Well, > > when I then "agt-get install libuuid1:i386" (on this multiarch) > I get advice about a page full of packages to be removed, and the > following (plus a bit more): > --- > WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. > This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! > e2fsprogs libblkid1 (due to e2fsprogs) libuuid1 (due to e2fsprogs) fdisk > libfdisk1 (due to fdisk) libmount1 (due to fdisk) init > sysvinit-core (due to init) mount util-linux (due to mount) sysvinit-utils > ---- > > Then, as I go ahead and install anyhow, I end up with a rather broken > installation :( > > So "harmless" is probably not the right word. > > Ralph. > > Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote on 2/8/19 1:41 pm: >> On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 11:25:10AM +1000, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: >>> Package: libuuid1 >>> Version: 2.34-0.1 >>> >>> The package is declared to replace e2fsprogs, which it doesn't do. >>> Rather, installing it has a fair few ramifications on the installed system. >>> >>> The package belongs to the util-linux source, and it seems to be the >>> same issue with uuid-runtime and uuid-dev. >> >> The replaces line in question is: >> >> Replaces: e2fsprogs (<< 1.34-1) >> >> This was because libuuid1 used to shipped as part of e2fsprogs, and it >> was split out in 1.34-1: >> >> e2fsprogs (1.34-1) unstable; urgency=low >> >> * Split shared libraries out of the e2fsprogs package into separate >> packages: libss2, libcomerr2, libuuid1, and e2fslibs. (Closes: #201155, >> #201164) >> >> This happened in 2003, so this split landed in Debian 3.1 (Sarge). >> Later on, the uuid and blkid libraries got moved to util-linux, and >> the Replaces line carried over. >> >> Given that Debian 10 (Buster) is now stable, that Replaces line is >> O-B-S-O-L-E-T-E. That being said, it's harmless. >> >> Cheers, >> >> - Ted >>
