BAAAAAD problem with Feisty kernel

[Felipe Figueiredo]

On Saturday 11 August 2007 15:38:39 NoOp wrote:


> So, 
> the *only* way that 'ferm' could appear on your machine is if you
> installed it.

Don't be silly. Packages often get installed as dependencies for other 
packages.

philsf at peralta:~$ apt-cache rdepends ferm
ferm
Reverse Depends:
  shorewall-lite
  shorewall

So, ferm is automatically installed if shorewall is installed, at least in 
Feisty. If you really wanted to give some categorical answer, you should at 
least investigate whether or not shorewall depended on it in edgy, and what 
ferm rdepended on on edgy. 

Even then, if you were certain it couldn't be installed automatically (which 
you shouldn't be, because you don't know if the OP has shorewall), you could 
at least be polite. Being certain of something doesn't make you correct.

FF