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



Johannes Schauer <josch@debian.org> (2019-08-15):
> 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

Well, debian-devel@ isn't where one files bug reports against packages
that suddenly need a dependency?


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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