predepends on libc6?
Bdale asks:
> In bug report 15091, Christian Meder suggests to me that I make gzip
> predepend on libc6. It is not clear to me that this is a good thing
> to do.
Christian Meder is right. Packages that are Essential (ie, ones
without which the packaging system breaks) should use Pre-Depends for
things that they absolutely must have to support the packaging system.
Ian.
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