I have the same problem: getting rid of old base
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> - dselect reports the package base 1.1.0-13 as obsolete but will not
> purge it (neither will dpkg --purge) because it is an essential
> package. It does not stop me from working but it would be cleaner
> if i could remove it. Removing its entry from the status file would
> it be safe ?
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>Laurent.
base-files replaced base, but we cannot get rid of the old base.
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