Bug#314529: base-config wants to remove a valid mail system and install unwanted packages
Package: base-config
Version: 2.53.10
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software
Hi
When I attempt to install base-config, I am told:
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The following packages will be automatically REMOVED:
exim4-daemon-heavy tasksel
The following NEW packages will be installed:
exim4-daemon-light ppp pppconfig pppoe pppoeconf
The following packages will be REMOVED:
exim4-daemon-heavy tasksel
The following packages will be upgraded:
base-config base-files
2 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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This is bogus for two reasons:
1) Installing exim4-daemon-light would hose my perfectly working mail
system.
2) I have no need for any of these ppp packages.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-386
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages base-config depends on:
ii adduser 3.63 Add and remove users and groups
ii apt 0.5.28.6 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii bsdutils 1:2.12p-4 Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii console-data 2002.12.04dbs-49 Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fall
ii console-tools 1:0.2.3dbs-56 Linux console and font utilities
ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.13.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii gettext-base 0.14.4-2 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer password and
-- debconf information:
tzconfig/choose_country_zone_single: true
base-config/menu/mta:
tzconfig/select_zone:
tzconfig/verify_choices: true
tzconfig/choose_country_zone/BR: East
base-config/intro:
apt-setup/security-updates: true
apt-setup/another: false
base-config/title:
base-config/menu/finish:
debian-installer/language: en_GB:en_US:en_GB:en
base-config/late_command:
apt-setup/mirror: ftp.uk.debian.org
base-config/start-display-manager: true
base-config/menu/apt-setup:
base-config/menu/keyboard:
tzconfig/title:
debian-installer/country: GB
apt-setup/directory: /debian/
base-config/install-problem: true
tzconfig/change_timezone: false
base-config/menu/hostname:
apt-setup/cd/another: false
apt-setup/non-free: false
apt-setup/badedit:
mirror/suite: testing
apt-setup/baddir:
base-config/menu/pkgsel:
base-config/menu/timezone:
base-config/menu/intro:
base-config/menu/passwd:
apt-setup/hostname: ftp.uk.debian.org
base-config/menu/pon:
base-config/login:
tzconfig/gmt: true
apt-setup/title:
mirror/http/proxy:
apt-setup/contrib: false
base-config/main-menu: Finish configuring the base system
base-config/early_command:
tzconfig/geographic_area:
apt-setup/cd/dev: /dev/cdrom
apt-setup/country: Britain (UK)
debian-installer/keymap: uk
apt-setup/badsource:
base-config/use-ppp: false
apt-setup/uri_type: http
tzconfig/choose_country_zone/US: Eastern
apt-setup/not-mirror:
base-config/get-hostname: mute
tzconfig/choose_country_zone_multiple: Europe/London (Great Britain)
tzconfig/choose_country_zone/CA: Eastern
apt-setup/security-updates-failed:
base-config/menu/shell:
apt-setup/cd/bad:
base-config/invalid-hostname:
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