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



Johannes 'josch' Schauer <josch@debian.org> (2019-08-13):
> Package: os-prober
> Version: 1.76
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 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?


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

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