Bug#804770: debootstrap: please don't install nfacct and related libs
Hi,
On Wed, 2015-11-11 at 14:49 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo.borrero.glez@gmail.com> (2015-11-11):
> > Yesterday I noticed that debootstrap is installing nfacct and
> > related libs
> > by default.
[...]
> #758229 was apparently about fixing the package priority, which is
> exactly what triggers debootstrap's installing it. A priority change
> has
> to happen at the ftpmaster level in addition to the package level
> (through the overrides mechanism). I'm therefore adding ftpmaster@ to
> the loop (along with the NMUer and the maintainer).
For stretch, nfacct's priority was already reduced to optional[1] and
it should no longer be included in the default install.
If the priority should be changed for the stable release, that would be
something for the stable release team to decide. I personally don't
care enough to consider asking them myself.
Ansgar
[1] <https://bugs.debian.org/788702>
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