On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 03, 1997 at 11:32:03PM -0500, James Dietrich wrote: > > I have libc4 installed on my Debian system (running the latest from > > unstable). How can I find out if any programs depend on libc4, so that I > > can remove it if it isn't needed? Or is there a good reason to keep it? > > You could just try to remove it; that will find any debian-installed > libc4-dependent binaries. It won't find anything you installed > yourself though. > > Probably no reason to keep it if you're not using it. You're > unlikely to be installing any a.out software from here on in. > I checked the file /var/lib/dpkg/status and it didn't show any packages that depended on libc4; dselect didn't complain when I removed libc4 just now, so I hope everything is all right :-) Thanks to all who responded. James -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .