On 2010-12-26 22:03 +0100, Slicky Johnson wrote: > Is it safe to remove these from Squeeze? > > $ deborphan > mktemp > diff
Yes, those are empty transitional packages in squeeze, so you can safely remove them. > # aptitude purge diff mktemp > The following packages will be REMOVED: > diff{p} mktemp{p} > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 57.3 kB will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y > The following ESSENTIAL packages will be REMOVED! > diff mktemp > > WARNING: Performing this action will probably cause your system to > break! Do NOT continue unless you know EXACTLY what you are doing! > To continue, type the phrase "I am aware that this is a very bad idea": You almost surely still have an entry for lenny (or stable) in your sources.list and are hit by bug #216768¹. Sven ¹ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=216768 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ipygql76....@turtle.gmx.de