how to remove bind?

Ric Moore wayward4now at gmail.com
Fri Jun 3 18:48:24 UTC 2011


On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 19:12 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Nick Edwards
> <nick.z.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
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>         
>         On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Ioannis Vranos
>         <ioannis.vranos at gmail.com> wrote:
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>                 
>                 2. I think there is a way to force install and
>                 uninstall a package,
>                 ignoring dependencies, either with apt, or with
>                 aptitude. You may
>                 check the info files, the web, or someone else that
>                 knows the
>                 parameters may tell us.
>                 
>                 
>         
>         This makes perfect sense, even rpm has had this ability for
>         what, 10 years....
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>         
>         
> It's just really dangerous if you don't know what you're doing.  I've
> been using Linux about 20 years, and I've *never* used such a feature.
> And I *do* know what I'm doing (if you believe that PhD (in computer
> science) means anything).

While I, with no PhD, did try that ...once. Now I have my PhD in
avoiding bad things to do. <cackles> Ric
  

-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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