[ale] if 'dpkg' is removed, will this entirely disable all up-dating/grading & apt-getfunctions?

[James Sumners]

How do you have 1.13.22 installed when the latest version available in
Sarge is 1.10.28? According to
http://packages.qa.debian.org/d/dpkg.html 1.3.22 is available in the
testing (Etch) branch. When I do a google search for "dpkg 1.13" I get
a bunch of results referencing 1.13.22 for Ubuntu. That leads me to
believe you are either 1) trying to convert from Ubuntu to Debian
without a reinstall or 2) have, at some point, updated to the testing
branch of Debian (presumably while running Woody). If it is the first
case, I'm done trying to get this issue fixed. Ubuntu is not Debian;
it is a mess of Debian branches that lead to nothing but woe. If it is
the second case, either go back to running testing, and switch to Etch
when it is released in December, or go on up to unstable (Sid). As I
said in my first reply, in the first thread to which I replied, it is
a bad, _BAD_, idea to mix packages from different branches.

On 10/23/06, Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Thank you for the prompt clarification.
>
> I currently have dpkg 1.13.22 installed and have no interest in upgrading.
> I only bring  all this up because in the attempt to install an initrd-tools
> pkg that is acceptable to kernel-image-2.4.27-2-k7, a new initrd-tools is
> required which requires removing dpkg as a subprocess.
>
> Apparently I 'm doin'  a poor job of transmitting & receiving for which
> I apologize.
>
> I have assumed that everything is a front end for dpkg, and that's why in
> my former posting I said that I was so surprised that any installation would
> remove dpkg.
>
> I seem to be at a point where I cannot go 'forward' without removing dpkg
> which, as I understand it, dumps me into a soft cul-de-sac. Bizarre indeed.
>
> I thank you for all your time & patience in this matter,
> Sincerely,
> Courtney

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