Re: 1.3.1 upgrade: getting rid of the package base 1.1.0-13 -- dselect and downgrading dosemu

To: debian-user@lists.debian.org, eparis@ven.ra.rockwell.com (Eloy A. Paris)
Subject: Re: 1.3.1 upgrade: getting rid of the package base 1.1.0-13 -- dselect and downgrading dosemu
From: bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens)
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 97 16:45 PDT
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Reply-to: Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>
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However, edit /var/lib/dpkg/status and remove the paragraph
about the "base" package, and that will effectively purge it.
Forcing dpkg to remove the package removes all of the files in /dev.
It's my error, sorry.

	Bruce
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