-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 November 2003 02:55 pm, stan wrote: > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 04:52:25PM +0100, Nicos Gollan wrote: > > On Sunday 09 November 2003 16:32, stan wrote: > > > I have several "testing" machines, when I try to do apt-get > > > dist-upgrade on them, they want to remove kde-base. > > > > > > This seems like a bad idea :-) > > > > Not really as long as kdebase is the only package to be removed. > > It's just a metapackage for easier installation of a whole lot of > > KDE components without any own functionality. > > Well, actually I just picked kdebase as the obvious one. Here's the > full story: > > Calculating Upgrade... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > ark kab karm kate kcalc kcharselect kchart kcoloredit kcron kdebase > kdebase-libs kdepasswd kdf kdict kdm kedit kfind kformula kfract > kghostview khexedit kiconedit kit kivio kjots kmail knewsticker knode > knotes koffice koffice-libs konqueror konsole kontour korn koshell > kpackage kpaint kpm kpresenter kruler kscreensaver ksirc ksnapshot > kspread ksysv ktimer kugar kuser kview kword libarts libkdenetwork1 > libkmid libkonq3 libvorbis0 secpolicy xmmsarts > > That looks pretty bad to me. > > Am I mistaken?
It depends, do you have KDE 2.x installed, or some other backport ? If so KDE 3 went into testing about a week ago and will replace any existing KDE install. I don't know why it wants to remove as opposed to upgrade, not enough info. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/rtuuk7rtxKWZzGsRArHUAKDcv+pHj0JodKze967jRZxjVVrsDQCfRLLH lSbFF4ynJo3ZMMzHr3DBMnE= =OgvQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]