Thanks to all who responded. As usual, you can always learn something new. Thanks Again Don --- Seneca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 06:17:29AM -0800, D. wrote: > > I'm running Testing on a PII 350 and attempted > to do > > a dist-upgrade last night. Here is the results of > the > > apt-get -u dist-upgrade. > > My questions is why is it trying to remove the > > task-x-window-system-core? If I did this wouldn't > I > > have lost my "Desktop" and only had text only > mode? > > Tasks contain dependancies, not content. > > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > > atlas2 libctl1 task-gnome-desktop > > task-x-window-system-core > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > > atlas2-base coreutils dash guile-common guile1.4 > > libctl2 libgnet1.1-glib1 libguile-dev libltdl3-dev > > > atlas2-base replaces atlas2 > libctl2 replaces libctl1 > The tasks are just packages containing dependancies. > If you had said > 'y' to the upgrade, the two task-* packages would be > removed, but not X. > > > The following packages have been kept back > > balsa debian-policy tetex-bin > > You might want to take a look at their new > dependancies to see why they > were kept back. > > > The following packages will be upgraded > > ash console-data debconf debconf-utils dh-make > > docbook-xml fileutils > > gnomeicu initrd-tools latex2html libctl-dev > lintian > > mpb sgml-data shellutils textutils xbase-clients > > xfree86-common xlibs xlibs-dev xserver-common > xutils > > 22 packages upgraded, 9 newly installed, 4 to > remove > > and 3 not upgraded. > > As you can see here, X would be upgraded, not > removed. > > > Need to get 17.1MB of archives. After unpacking > 1910kB > > will be used. > > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n > > 'y' > > -- > Seneca > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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