Re: IMPORTANT: What can we do about the base package?
Joey Hess <joey@kite.ml.org> writes:
>
> Tony Finch:
> > The main problem is the device files in /dev. These are created by the
> > makedev package, but are not in its file list. They _are_ in base's
> > file list, so removing base is a bad thing to do without a great deal
> > of care.
> >
> > Would it be possible to incorporate a really gross hack into makedev
> > that `manually' removes the base package (so long as base-files and
> > base-passwd are installed) without dpkg getting involved (i.e. by
> > removing its files from /var/lib/dpkg/info and editing
> > /var/lib/dpkg/status)? This idea will probably give Ian a fit...
>
> How about releasing an update of the base package that contains no files,
> but instead runs MAKEDEV to generate the files in /dev? Then after you
> install it, you can unistall it safely, without killing /dev.
One more item, have the new improved base depend upon each of the new
packages, at least each of the required new packages.
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Kevin Dalley
kevin@aimnet.com
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