-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- James Troup writes: > Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I can't see any reason for ncurses-bin to be essential. > > > > Well, I can see a reason: if the console is so messed up that you > > don't even see "dpkg" when you write it, and you have not clear or > > reset, then you have a problem. > > That's not enough reason to make a package Essential, the policy > manual clearly states that removing a required package can leave your > system totally FUBAR, [...]
... in which case it should be probably essential also. The paragraph you quoted talks about required packages, both essential and non-essential, so, frankly, I have no idea why you quoted it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBNRaq+CqK7IlOjMLFAQGmswP/QRoCKpZ0CPh7CmK59hnUlrpmPTIFnBAq da1ggn10igOo29WUqY4Ijp6+mKCCqWK2RWrUrH8IGMgTwqfAIB0LQbl5pJlyZ0HR qjYc/r/+lyRVuMTGnlKoO6HzcRsArw1epQIPoRpsxse9biES47Gd1MD5HTSZ23WD t5u8ZbH7KBw= =NinW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
