Re: Bug#459403: libuuid1: missing depends on non-essential package passwd
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 01:16:59AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 03:23:23AM -0500, Theodore Tso wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 10:37:03AM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
>
> > So e2fsprogs which is "Essential: yes" depends on libuuid1, so
> > libuuid1 is effectively "Essential: yes", right? So if I add a
> > dependency on passwd, it will effectively make passwd "Essential:
> > yes", as well, and according to policy I should bring it up for
> > comment on debian-policy. So, I am doing so now.
>
> My mail headers disagree. :) Is this really meant to be on debian-policy
> rather than debian-devel?
>
> > Any objections if I add a dependency on passwd for libuuid1? The
> > aternative would be to roll-my-own useradd/adduser functionality, but that
> > would be a real PITA....
AFAICS libuuid1 just needs groupadd/useradd to create a user and group
'libuuid'.
Since libuuid1 is essential, every system will end up with a libuuid
user/group, so why not just add it to base-passwd instead of creating it
dynamically ?
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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