Hi Santiago, On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 08:17:23PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > The "diff" binary package has been renamed "diffutils". The diff > package is now dummy and depends on diffutils, so nothing should break > because of this change. However, you might want to adjust debootstrap > and similar tools so that they don't install obsolete dummy packages. Not related to debian-boot, but I've noticed an implementation issue with this change. The new 'diff' package only Depends: on diffutils, it doesn't Pre-Depend; that means the new package is allowed to be unpacked during upgrade before diffutils is, leaving a window when /usr/bin/diff is missing. I think diff should Pre-Depend on diffutils, as we've done in the past for other Essential package transitions. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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