Below is the output from apt remove *nonfree. On both machines it looks pretty much identical. On both machines, it mentions the following:
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: amd64-microcode intel-microcode iucode-tool This makes me think they were the programs that needed it. Unfortunately I'm not ME free, and I don't trust intel (or amd) so I worry that this nonfree software already did it's dirty work to enable intel or amd spying. aptitude why firmware-linux-nonfree W: Package firmware-misc-nonfree had been marked to reinstall, but the file for the current installed version 20161130-3 is not available Manually installed, current version 20161130-3, priority optional No dependencies require to install firmware-linux-nonfree root@dooby1:/# aptitude why firmware-misc-nonfree W: Package firmware-misc-nonfree had been marked to reinstall, but the file for the current installed version 20161130-3 is not available i firmware-linux-nonfree Depends firmware-misc-nonfree (= 20161130-3) root@dooby1:/# vi /etc/apt/sources.list root@dooby1:/# history|grep nonfree 496 apt list firmware-misc-nonfree 497 history|grep firmeware-misc-nonfree 498 apt show firmware-misc-nonfree 499 apt --fix-broken install firmware-misc-nonfree 510 apt-cache policy firmware-misc-nonfree 511 aptitude why firmware-misc-nonfree 512 aptitude reinstall firmware-misc-nonfree 515 apt show firmware-linux-nonfree 516 aptitude why firmware-linux-nonfree 517 aptitude why firmware-misc-nonfree 519 history|grep nonfree root@dooby1:/# apt remove *nonfree Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'predictprotein-nonfree' for glob '*nonfree' Note, selecting 'context-nonfree' for glob '*nonfree' Note, selecting 'netpbm-nonfree' for glob '*nonfree' Note, selecting 'context-doc-nonfree' for glob '*nonfree' Note, selecting 'flashplugin-nonfree' for glob '*nonfree' Note, selecting 'unace-nonfree' for glob '*nonfree' Note, selecting 'texinfo-doc-nonfree' for glob '*nonfree' Note, selecting 'firmware-linux-nonfree' for glob '*nonfree' Note, selecting 'unrar-nonfree' for glob '*nonfree' Note, selecting 'filters-nonfree' for glob '*nonfree' Note, selecting 'firmware-misc-nonfree' for glob '*nonfree' Package 'context-nonfree' is not installed, so not removed Package 'context-doc-nonfree' is not installed, so not removed Package 'filters-nonfree' is not installed, so not removed Package 'texinfo-doc-nonfree' is not installed, so not removed Package 'flashplugin-nonfree' is not installed, so not removed Package 'netpbm-nonfree' is not installed, so not removed Package 'unace-nonfree' is not installed, so not removed Package 'predictprotein-nonfree' is not installed, so not removed Package 'unrar-nonfree' is not installed, so not removed The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: amd64-microcode intel-microcode iucode-tool Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-misc-nonfree 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 34 not upgraded. After this operation, 8,174 kB disk space will be freed. On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 14:28 -0700, 'smee via Dng wrote: > Actually, when you run the ascii live installer, both of those > programs > are present. > > Should that be the case? I thought devuan include nothing nonfree by > default...I have to make it part of my routine to remove them then > from > every devuan install. > That's a surprising find..... :( > > > > On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 14:21 -0700, 'smee via Dng wrote: > > I just checked another machine that is still running ascii, on > > which > > I > > would never have installed anything nonfree, or via wget or dpkg, > > and > > yet both firmware-linux-nonfree and firmware-misc-nonfree are > > there. > > > > I'm going to try a fresh install of ascii and see if they're there. > > I > > suspect they won't be, which will mean one of the few programs I > > run > > on > > that machine would be at fault, so that should make it easier to > > narrow > > down. This is pretty odd though. > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 14:00 -0700, 'smee via Dng wrote: > > > Well I'll just remove the damn things and see if nothing blows up > > > :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 21:55 +0100, Antony Stone wrote: > > > > > Sorry if we're getting off track here but I honestly don't > > > > > recall > > > > > installing anything nonfree on this machine. > > > > > > > > We may never get to the bottom of this mystery :) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Dng mailing list > > > Dng@lists.dyne.org > > > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dng mailing list > > Dng@lists.dyne.org > > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng