Re: Bug#32888: apt removes base without asking too much
On Fri, Mar 05, 1999 at 12:04:14PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On 4 Mar 1999, Kai Henningsen wrote:
>
> > reassign 32888 base
> > thanks
>
> Please don't do this, the base package does no longer exist, and Enrique
> is the maintainer but only as a fallback. I think he has already
> reassigned the bug back to "general".
In fact "base" is an alias for the boot-floppies team, as many people use
"base" to report bugs against the base system.
> > The bug is that base has become an obsolete package, BUT IT STILL CONTAINS
> > ESSENTIAL FILES. (In newly installed systems, these files - quite
> > correctly - don't belong to any package.)
>
> [ BTW: No need to shout ].
>
> The way I see it, the bug is that apt lets the user to remove *any*
> essential package just by pressing Enter.
Ok, let's call it a tie. As Santiago explains below (an any cold-headed
person may have seen yet), there are *two* bugs here.
Santiago, may you file a different bug for b) so that we may stop
fighting about what #32888 is about and start working on fixing
_both_ bugs?
Thanks,
--
Enrique Zanardi ezanardi@ull.es
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