Bug#144452: boot-floppies: base-config apt-setup loads stable packages, not woody, leading to conflicts
On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 07:47:42PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: N/A; reported 2002-04-24
> Severity: critical
> Tags: patch
> Justification: breaks unrelated software
>
> I did a new install of woody using the cvs from a few days ago. After
> rebooting and configuring the base system, I saw a few conflicts as
> packages were being unpacked. I wrote some bugs against those packages,
> and it turned out that base-config was installing potato packages, not
> woody. Those conflicted with the woody packages that had already been
> installed by debootstrap.
>
> After investigation, I found that the dbootstrap_settings file created
> by dbootstrap did not have executable permissions. This causes base-config
> to assume a stable system, because the variables contained in the file
> are not set.
>
> I patched util.c in cvs to chmod the file after creating it.
This was not the bug, as joey pointed out, base-config does not execute
the file.
>
> Woody must not release without a new build of boot-floppies! This
> would be serious egg on the face.
>
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*------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------*
| <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> |
| debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> |
| Chris Tillman tillman@voicetrak.com |
| May the Source be with you |
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