Re: RETRACTED msql 2.0.3-4
On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Santiago Vila wrote:
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> On 14 Jun 1998, Guy Maor wrote:
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> > passwd is required and that is enough. You can assume that all
> > required packages are always on the system.
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> I disagree. Since you are able to remove a required-but-non-essential
> package and dpkg does not complain, required-but-non-essential packages
> are not guaranteed to be always on the system.
Yes, I think you are right.
> > So it's fine if the preinst just calls useradd without any checks or
> > predependencies.
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> I thought that only the essential flag allows a Dependency or
> Predependency to be missing. Is this a bug in the policy manual?
It might be a bug in Guy's interpretation of the policy manual. :-)
Remco
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