Re: Bug in apt-get ? [replace essential package / Yes, do as I say]

2003-04-29 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 11:12:00AM +, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: It seems that currently apt is not able to replace an essential package. Well in fact the package I am trying to replace isn't even really essential... It is able to, as you

Re: Bug in apt-get ? [replace essential package / Yes, do as I say]

2003-04-29 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: There are a lot of wonky things that can happen during most of the essential package remove scenarios that can completely screw your system so it doesn't boot or can't run programs, install scripts or something er other. Your case may

Re: Bug in apt-get ? [replace essential package / Yes, do as I say]

2003-04-28 Thread jgg
On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 11:12:00AM +, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: It seems that currently apt is not able to replace an essential package. Well in fact the package I am trying to replace isn't even really essential... It is able to, as you demonstrated, it just make it harder than

Bug in apt-get ? [replace essential package / Yes, do as I say]

2003-04-26 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
Before I file a bugreport I thought I'd ask here first .. It seems that currently apt is not able to replace an essential package. Well in fact the package I am trying to replace isn't even really essential... Sysvinit was split up in sysvinit, initscripts and sysv-rc. The last one can be

Re: Bug in apt-get ? [replace essential package / Yes, do as I say]

2003-04-26 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 11:12:00AM +, Miquel van Smoorenburg [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: # dpkg -i file-rc_0.8.0_all.deb Selecting previously deselected package file-rc. dpkg: considering removing sysv-rc in favour of file-rc ... dpkg: yes, will remove sysv-rc in favour of

Re: Bug in apt-get ? [replace essential package / Yes, do as I say]

2003-04-26 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 09:54:39AM -0400, Daniel Burrows wrote: Where'd this deb come from? 0.7.0 is all I can find in the archive.. Hint: look at the name of the sysvinit maintainer. Maybe Miquel is testing the packages *gasp* before uploading them. Marcelo

Re: Bug in apt-get ? [replace essential package / Yes, do as I say]

2003-04-26 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 11:12:00AM +, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: Sysvinit was split up in sysvinit, initscripts and sysv-rc. The last one can be replaced by file-rc. Sysv-rc and file-rc conflict and replace one another. Hrm. Any possibility of making sysv-rc and file-rc be concurrently

Re: Bug in apt-get ? [replace essential package / Yes, do as I say]

2003-04-26 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 11:12:00AM +, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: Sysvinit was split up in sysvinit, initscripts and sysv-rc. The last one can be replaced by file-rc. Sysv-rc and file-rc conflict and replace one

Re: Bug in apt-get ? [replace essential package / Yes, do as I say]

2003-04-26 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 04:31:36PM +0200, Marcelo E. Magallon [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 09:54:39AM -0400, Daniel Burrows wrote: Where'd this deb come from? 0.7.0 is all I can find in the archive.. Hint: look at the name of the sysvinit maintainer.