Holding back the base-files package

[Valtam]

Reading what you advised should I have opted for the default option and should I use your code to remove it.

The default option is the default option for a reason, you don't have to be a 'tech head' to understand a recommendation. You can use the code now if you like to hold that package back, so you're not faced with this again.

Are you able to advise the " Techies " who make these decisions that you are trying to make Linux suitable for ordinary users .

I don't have any sway over the people that make that package, thats why I'm offering to hold it back. From what I can tell, the package is fairly innocuous. Cheers.