[Bug 426086] Re: Installing xz-utils: You are about to do something potentially harmful.

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** Changed in: lzma (Debian)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  Installing xz-utils: You are about to do something potentially
  harmful.

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “lzma” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “xz-utils” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “dpkg” package in Debian:
  Fix Released
Status in “lzma” package in Debian:
  Fix Released
Status in “xz-utils” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: dpkg

  Attempting to install xz-utils yields:

  mbt at zest:~$ sudo apt-get install xzutils
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  E: Couldn't find package xzutils
  mbt at zest:~$ sudo apt-get install xz-utils
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    imagemagick-doc
  Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
  The following extra packages will be installed:
    liblzma0
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
    lzma
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    liblzma0 xz-utils
  WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
  This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
    lzma (due to dpkg)
  0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
  Need to get 245kB of archives.
  After this operation, 426kB of additional disk space will be used.
  You are about to do something potentially harmful.
  To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
   ?] 

  Meaning that I'm not installing it right now.

  Please fix for release, or remove it from Karmic's repositories, or
  remove the message that says "this is bad and will break all your
  stuff" so that people don't feel like the world is ending when
  installing it.  Thank you.

  I have assigned it to dpkg as it seems to be the cause of this
  message, per the line that says (due to dpkg).

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