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

[James Sumners]

Hmm, if apt is the one doing this then I think it should be okay. The
package does have to be upgraded somehow.

On 10/22/06, Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> The reason I ask is that to install the stable version of coreutils, my
> machine is requiring
> that I in the process, remove dpkg, if I accede, will I then be unable to
> turn right around
> and install the appropriate version   ?
>
> Thanks once more,
> Courtney

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