Re: Release-critical Bugreport for February 7, 1999
On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 02:58:03PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Feb 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 12:15:12AM -0600, BugScan reporter wrote:
> > > Package: general (pseudo)
> > > Maintainer: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> > > 32888 base: Removing "Obsolete" package base kills a system
> >
> > Is this any more release-critical now than it was for bo or hamm
> > (or even rex)? Removing the old timezone package can be pretty nasty too.
>
> Would a new "base" package of extra priority which zeroes
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/base.list in the *preinst* and contains absolutely no
> files fix this bug?
I may be wrong, but if it contains absolutely no files, dpkg will erase
the old files before installing the new package, isn't it?
I'd say the package must contain the same files as the old one and clear
base.list in the postinst.
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Enrique Zanardi ezanardi@ull.es
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