[9fans] Are you sure?

[9fans] Are you sure?

[Fco.J.Ballesteros]

Funny.

gambito:~# apt-get install libc6/stable
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Selected version 2.2.5-11.5 (Debian:3.0r2/stable, Debian-Security:3.0/stable) fo r libc6
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  adduser apt apt-utils base-config base-files base-passwd bash bc bin86
  binutils bsdmainutils bsdutils console-tools console-tools-libs cpp cpp-2.95
  cron cvs dbench defoma dhcp-client dialog dnsutils dpkg dpkg-dev ed eject
  emacsen-common ethereal ethereal-common exim fdutils file findutils ftp ftpd
  g++ g++-2.95 gcc gcc-2.95 gcc-3.0 gdb gdk-imlib1 gnupg grep groff-base gzip
  hdparm host hostname iamerican ibritish ifupdown imlib-base info iptables
  ispell kernel-package less libappconfig-perl libc6-dev libdb1-compat libdb2
  libdb3 libdps1 libfreetype6 libgcc1 libgcrypt1 libglib1.2 libgpmg1 libgtk1.2
  libjpeg62 libldap2 liblockfile1 liblzo1 libncurses5 libncurses5-dev
  libnet-netmask-perl libnewt0 libpam-modules libpam0g libpcre3 libpng2
  libpopt0 libreadline4 librsync1 libsasl7 libstdc++2.10-dev
  libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 libstdc++3 libtiff3g libungif4g libwrap0 libxaw7 lilo
  login lpr mailx make makedev man-db mawk mdadm modconf modutils mount
  msttcorefonts mtr-tiny mutt nano ncurses-bin net-tools netbase nfs-common
  nfs-kernel-server nis ntpdate nvi passwd patch pciutils perl perl-modules
  pidentd portmap ppp pppconfig pppoe procps psmisc python python-newt
  python2.1 python2.2 raidtools2 rdiff rdiff-backup reiserfsprogs reportbug
  rsync sed setserial shellutils slang1 ssh syslinux systemconfigurator
  sysvinit tar tasksel tcpd tcsh telnet tethereal tiobench traceroute
  util-linux vacation vim whiptail x-ttcidfont-conf xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi
  xfonts-base xfonts-base-transcoded xlibs xserver-common xserver-xfree86
  xterm xutils yafc zlib1g
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED
  libc6
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
  apt libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 (due to apt) base-files mawk (due to base-files)
  base-passwd (due to base-files) bash libncurses5 (due to bash) bsdutils dpkg
  findutils grep gzip hostname login libpam-modules (due to login) libpam0g
  (due to login) mount ncurses-bin sed shellutils sysvinit util-linux (due to
  sysvinit) tar slang1 (due to util-linux)
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 172 to remove and 0  not u pgraded.
Need to get 3383kB of archives. After unpacking 207MB will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
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Re: [9fans] Are you sure?

[boyd, rounin]

> gambito:~# apt-get install libc6/stable

it may not be apt, but it does get ...

and a meta security hole as a plus.

Re: [9fans] Are you sure?

[Martin C.Atkins]

On Thu, 6 May 2004 21:15:39 +0200 Fco.J.Ballesteros <nemo@lsub.org> wrote:
>...
> You are about to do something potentially harmful
> To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
>  ?]
>

Well, at least it asked first! :-)

Martin

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Re: [9fans] Are you sure?

[ron minnich]

On Fri, 7 May 2004, Martin C.Atkins wrote:

> On Thu, 6 May 2004 21:15:39 +0200 Fco.J.Ballesteros <nemo@lsub.org> wrote:
> >...
> > You are about to do something potentially harmful
> > To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
> >  ?]
> >
>
> Well, at least it asked first! :-)

Doesn't the whole process make you feel good all over about shared
libraries?

:-)

ron

Re: [9fans] Are you sure?

[Martin C.Atkins]

On Thu, 6 May 2004 22:12:26 -0600 (MDT) ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov> wrote:
>..
> ... good all over...

Not quite my choice of words, but it certainly sent a shiver
down my spine....

>about shared libraries?
>

Martin
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