-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/21/06 06:02, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On 10/21/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 10/21/06 05:13, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: >> > Hi, >> > I managed to remove python2.3 without problems on my system, meaning >> > that everyone uses python2.4. Are there packages which depend only on >> > python2.3, and if not, why is it still kept around? >> >> On my Sid system: >> >> # wajig purge python2.3 >> dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of python2.3: >> python-profiler depends on python2.3. >> gnumeric-plugins-extra depends on python2.3 (>= 2.3). >> bittorrent depends on python2.3. >> dpkg: error processing python2.3 (--purge): >> dependency problems - not removing >> Errors were encountered while processing: >> python2.3 > > Unless you haven't updated in a while, the only one (of the three) > strictly requiring python2.3 is bittorrent. That's according to the > packages.debian.org pages.
Actually, the opposite. bittorrent "Depends: *python* (>= 2.3)". I had updated before I sent the email, but not upgraded bittorrent. # wajig update Ign http://oss.oracle.com unstable Release.gpg Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org ../project/experimental Release.gpg [189B] Hit http://oss.oracle.com unstable Release [snip] Hit ftp://mirrors.kernel.org unstable/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/main Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/main Packages Fetched 5562B in 4s (1179B/s) Reading package lists... Done Merging available information Replacing available packages info, using /var/cache/apt/available. Information about 19821 package(s) was updated. This is the same as the previous count with 0 new packages. There are 0 new upgrades # wajig purge python2.3 dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of python2.3: python-profiler depends on python2.3. gnumeric-plugins-extra depends on python2.3 (>= 2.3). dpkg: error processing python2.3 (--purge): dependency problems - not removing Errors were encountered while processing: python2.3 # wajig policy python-profiler python-profiler: Installed: 2.4.4-1 Candidate: 2.4.4-1 Version table: *** 2.4.4-1 0 500 ftp://mirrors.kernel.org unstable/non-free Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status # wajig policy gnumeric-plugins-extra gnumeric-plugins-extra: Installed: 1.6.3-3 Candidate: 1.6.3-3 Version table: 1.7.2-1 0 1 http://ftp.us.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages *** 1.6.3-3 0 500 ftp://mirrors.kernel.org unstable/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFOgySS9HxQb37XmcRAqdJAKC1PA1Zm19qk3ji2QFP1i9z0SKU4QCdFIqR Pv/Bu/f45bxiJLJijau6BDw= =hCt9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
