Re: Scriptable interface for "set package selection to this set"

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

Simon Richter:
> Hi,
> [...]
>
> This is understandable, apt special-cases itself, and for a good reason. 
> I have no problem hardcoding an "apt install" into my package selection, 
> that solves this nicely.
>
>   - whether e2fsprogs is Essential
>
> This is only Important, not Essential, so dpkg marks it "deinstall", and 
> apt doesn't want to remove it.

Hi,


I think your problem here would be solved if `e2fsprogs` used the new 
`Protected` field rather than the legacy `XB-Important` field. As I 
recall, both apt and dpkg knows about the former while the later was an 
apt only thing. See 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2020/03/msg00002.html

For the rest, I have no comments (not my field of expertise).

Best regards,
Niels