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Bug#934713: os-prober: missing dependency on mount



Quoting Cyril Brulebois (2019-08-15 15:50:03)
> > The script /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests calls the `umount` utility
> > which resides in the mount package. But os-prober does not depend on mount
> > and thus one might get this error message:
> > 
> > Generating grub configuration file ...
> > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.2.0-2-amd64
> > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.2.0-2-amd64
> > /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests: 10: umount: not found
> > rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/os-prober/mount': Device or resource busy
> > 
> > 
> > The mount package used to be Essential:yes. Since version 2.29.2-3 it is
> > not essential anymore and os-prober should depend on it.
> 
> How come packages drop their Essential: yes bit all of a sudden?

Version 2.29.2-3 was released more than two years ago. It was brought up on
debian-devel here:

https://lists.debian.org/20170726081846.GA22129@fatal.se

Thanks!

cheers, josch

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