Bug#32888: marked as done (base: Removing "Obsolete" package base kills a system)
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Subject: base: Removing "Obsolete" package base kills a system
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 19:58:43 +0100
Package: base
Version: N/A
Severity: critical
I've said this for a long time. Now I've actually seen it happen.
When the old "base" package was replaced by "base-files" and friends, we
left a disaster waiting to happen: the old "base" package would remain,
containing those files not migrated to the newer packages. I have no
exact list, but it definitely includes *all* the basic devices.
Dselect will now list "base" as "Obsolete or local". This encourages
people to remove it.
If they remove base, they will lose most of their devices, rendering the
system practically unusable (and only fixable for experienced *nix people
if you realize what happens as long as you still have a root shell).
If you need more details how this actually happened, mail Jutta Wrage
<jw@witch.westfalen.de>.
Fix Proposal: have base-files or similar zero out /var/lib/dpkg/info/base.list.
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 11:59:12 +0200
From: Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr>
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Subject: base mess
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The base package doesn't exist any more for quite a long time, those first
time Debian user are most of them quite good and knows what to do to
correct this problem. Furthermore for those who can't, they simply have
to not remove the base package (which is guaranteed by its essential
flag)... this bug deserves no more to be open.
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