Package: mktemp Version: 7.4-2 Severity: normal Today I have upgraded mktemp to the newest version available in 'testing'. After upgrading, the package has the following status:
dpkg -s mktemp Package: mktemp Status: install ok installed Priority: required Section: utils Installed-Size: 20 Maintainer: Michael Stone <[email protected]> Architecture: all Source: coreutils Version: 7.4-2 Pre-Depends: coreutils (>= 7.4-1) Description: coreutils mktemp transitional package Empty package to facilitate upgrades, can be safely removed. Since mktemp is obsolete now, I have tried to purge it. While doing that I was urged to type in the phrase ' Yes, do as I say!'. apt-get --purge remove mktemp Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: mktemp* WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! mktemp 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 20.5kB disk space will be freed. You are about to do something potentially harmful. To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!' ?] Yes, do as I say! (Reading database ... 111616 files and directories currently installed.) Removing mktemp ... In my opinion package 'mktemp=7.4-2' should NOT be flagged as essential any longer. -- Peter Slickers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
