Removing ubuntu-base?

[Rami Kayyali]

what kind of problems?

Rami


On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 23:44:46 +0000, Jon Atkinson <jatkinson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Rami,
> 
> AFAIK, ubuntu-base is a meta-package, which is used in the upgrade
> process. You can remove it without any issues, but it may cause problems
> if you're planning on upgrading in the future.
> 
> --Jon
> 
> On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 00:56 +0200, Rami Kayyali wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was trying to get rid of certain packages that I make no use of,
> > like postfix and dhcp3 client. Only apt tells me that ubuntu-base
> > depends on them. Listing ubuntu-base files shows only 2 files, a
> > copyright and a gzip'ed file.
> >
> > My questionsare:
> > - What exactly does ubuntu-base do?
> > - Is it ok to remove it anyway?
> > - Can I remove postfix (or other packages) without removing ubuntu-base?
> > - Can I remove postfix AND ubuntu-base then reinstall ubuntu-base
> > without postfix?
> > - Where do I find the deb package file for ubuntu-base?
> >
> >
> > Thanks a lot in advance.
> > Rami Kayyali.
> >
> 
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