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2015-02-01 , 09:14
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There is a minor issue with grep-gnu. Attempting to remove the package from the terminal results in a warning that an essential package is going to be removed:
Code:
Nokia-N900:~# apt-get remove grep-gnu
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  grep-gnu
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
  grep-gnu
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 1143kB disk space 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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This is because the file debian/control contains the line:
Code:
Essential: yes
The warning can safely be ignored and the line should be removed if grep-gnu is ever updated.
 

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