Re: Bug#277092: amd64-libs: Removing package fails and breaks system
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 11:57:42PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> As it happens I'm a member of the d-i team (actually I was testing d-i
> when I noticed this problem).
Oh good :-)
> In line with Debian policy, d-i installs _every_ package available for an
> architecture that a) is in base OR b) has priority 'standard' or higher.
>
> As lib64stdc++6 is both 'base' and 'important', it gets installed and
> pulls in amd64-libs and lib64gcc1 because of it's dependencies.
> lib64gcc1 would get installed in it's own right as it is priority
> 'required'.
>
> I have no idea how the sections and priorities for these packages have
> been decided, but to me they seem very high. Especially as I can see no
> other packages in base or with high priorities that depend on these libs.
>
> Moving lib64stdc++6 to libs and giving both lib64stdc++6 and lib64gcc1
> priority 'optional' should fix this.
You'll have to talk to Matthias about that.
I'm trying to upload the amd64-libs fix. I'm having a fistfight with
the upload queue, which insists that its checksum is wrong.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
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