Ok, I'm still confused...
Emacs? Not part of the current distribution? This is alarming. I'm not sure what you mean by "not to worry" since the upgrade has broken Emacs and now it is catagorized as "obsolete" meaning it is not part of the current distrubution. I'm certain that there must be a way to fix emacs in hamm. Is it by using Deselect, and just selecting it for upgrade? (a loathsome download nightmare). Perhaps I should get a clue on the use of dpkg or apt since it seems most on this list avoid deselect in favor of dpkg if only one package is to be installed, emacs in this case. Ed ********************************* Ed Young (303)706-5425 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Engineering Echostar Technology Corporation Denver, Colorado ********************************* > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Nielsen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 9:01 AM > To: Edward J. Young > Cc: debian list > Subject: Re: autoup.sh + deselect broke emacs > > On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Edward J. Young wrote: > > > > > > > I should mention that in the deselect screen, there are headings for > > packages that are headed as "obsolete", one being emacs. Does this mean > > what I think: that emacs 19.34.? is now obsolete because I've upgraded > > around it and now it needs upgrading too? Probobly. > > > > There are some other packages labeled "obsolete" as well. > > > > How should this be handled? > > I don't know about emacs (not installed here), but any installed packages > not listed in a Packages file are displayed as "obsolete/local". This > only means that these packages are not part of the current distribution. > > I have several of these, such as apt, pine (the old pre-compiled version), > > my custom kernel-image, etc. Not to worry. > > Bob > > ---- > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
