On Saturday, October 27, 2001 4:16 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I gave removing > > ldso a shot on a non-critical testing machine. > > [...] > > Today's upgrade put ldso right back on. > > [...] > > Now orphaner says, again, that nothing > > depends on ldso and that it may be safely > > removed.
> Try 'dpkg -p ldso' and 'apt-cache show ldso'. Do either of those display > an 'Essential: yes' field? What tool are you using to upgrade? Both commands yield a "yes" in the "Essential:" field. I use apt-get to upgrade. Since the package is in the optional section, I would assume it is not essential. But that may only indicate a misunderstanding on my part of the Debian use of those terms. Thanks, -=greg
