Re: What's Debian's /usr/src policy
On Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 11:06:36AM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > Now that you mention it, my test buzz->hamm upgrade system had
> > problems with timezone(s) too.
> >
> If you upgrade to bo's timezone package first then the hamm upgrade will
> work.
> On the other hand, making timezones essential would fix the problem. I am
> reticent to do this, as the bo timezone is not essential.
> Timezone when from Essential=yes in buzz and rex, to not being essential
> in bo. If I make timezones essential for the release, and then set it back
> to non-essential later, we will run up against this same problem later?
>
> Is there any reason (not related to this issue of "essential") that
> timezones should, or should not, be marked essential?
The interim bo timezone step sounds fine to me. It is already necessary
to use bo's libc and dpkg during the script (as buzz's dpkg (1.2.14)
does not have --get-selections, and bo's dpkg pre-depends on a newer
libc5 than buzz has), so one more does not hurt.
Hamish
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