Thanks, Craig - >>>>> "Craig" == Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Craig> if you install dpgk again before removing adpkg, nothing will Craig> break: Craig> dpkg -i dpkg_1.4.0.8.deb dpkg -r --force-remove-essential Craig> adpkg Craig> I've successfully removed adpkg from at least a dozen systems Craig> like this. That's very good to know, will do. Craig> I used adpkg for a while - i really like the way it's dselect Craig> scans the binary directories first and builds a list of Craig> packages to install, and i also like the way it configures Craig> packages immediately. Unfortunately, it needs some dependancy Craig> ordering so that it doesn't try configuring a package before Craig> all packages it depends on are configured - which leads to Craig> having to run Install about a million times and also manually Craig> install some packages. There are other problems with adpkg as Craig> well. I hadn't been aware of that stuff; it's interesting. (I wasn't sure what, if, or how much adpkg was doing for the standard dpkg & dselect commands. Adpkg says it replaces & provides dpkg, but dpkg's files are still listed in dpkg.list, and its status is 'installed'; I haven't know what to consider whose.) Is there a doc source you know about, or is that from the source or debian-devel, or general smarts? :-) Maybe I could bone up on adpkg before I remove it. Craig> adpkg shows a lot of promise, but it needs more work. (Not just for Craig; he's helped enough :) Is there still work being done on adpkg, or are the ideas being moved into the deity project or some such? Well, I'm chattering a bit, those are just browsing-level interest questions, I know what I need to know practically now. Thanks again, Craig, Ed -- Ed Donovan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .