On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 09:40:06AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Well, this was why I asked the question originally. Dlocate -s says that > ldso is in the oldlibs section and is optional, yet if you tell apt-get > to remove it you are told it is essential and you have to remove it > explicitly. I don't see how it can be both optional and essential.
Optional in woody and essential in potato? Your description of the situation sounds like what I would expect if your installed ldso package is from a version where it's optional, but your sources.list currently points at a version where it's essential. -- With the arrest of Dimitry Sklyarov it has become apparent that it is not safe for non US software engineers to visit the United States. - Alan Cox "To prevent unauthorized reading..." - Adobe eBook reader license