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Re: dependancy problem in potato



On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 06:10:10PM +0100, Samuel Tardieu wrote:
> | The kernel-source package (2.2.13) came in .bz2
> | format, but there is no dependancy on the bzip2
> | package.  (Which means you can't unpack it!)
> 
> What do people think of changing bzip2 priority/section to required/base?

I don't think "required" is needed, as you can run even a minimal Debian
system without bzip2. AFAICT "important" would be good.

About the section: the whole concept of "base" section is not valid anymore,
in fact, I think we should phase it out in the next unstable.

-- 
enJoy -*/\*- don't even try to pronounce my first name


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