Re: dependency on base package adduser ?
On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 09:47:11AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> #include <hallo.h>
> * Eduard Bloch [Tue, May 10 2005, 09:20:38AM]:
>
> > "base" is not a priority level or so, it is just a term for packages
> > that are installed by the original installer. And nothing forbids the
> > local administrator to remove one of these, unless they have "required"
> > priority (eg. libc6) which adduser does not belong to.
>
> Self-correction: I meant the Essential flag and not the "required"
> priority.
libc6 is not and may not be marked Essential, as the NM process taught me.
So its a bad example.
Michael
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