Re: Bug#767999: base-files: fails to install with pre-jessie debootstrap
- To: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>, Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>, 767999@bugs.debian.org, Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>, Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl>, debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org, debian-release@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#767999: base-files: fails to install with pre-jessie debootstrap
- From: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 10:14:31 +0100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20141107091431.GD6954@home.ouaza.com>
- Mail-followup-to: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>, Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>, 767999@bugs.debian.org, Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>, Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl>, debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org, debian-release@lists.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20141107073449.GA11028@gaara.hadrons.org>
- References: <20141104000511.9135.40875.reportbug@umbar.angband.pl> <20141105045404.GA8944@angband.pl> <alpine.DEB.2.11.1411050937001.27411@cantor.unex.es> <201411051105.02996.holger@layer-acht.org> <20141105102901.GA30300@cantor.unex.es> <20141105115243.GB25154@mraw.org> <[🔎] 20141107013348.GA30127@mraw.org> <[🔎] 20141107073449.GA11028@gaara.hadrons.org>
On Fri, 07 Nov 2014, Guillem Jover wrote:
> I'm going to revert the commit above (only in 1.17.x, it will be kept
> in 1.18.x), because it is very minimal, just reintroduces again an
> unnecessary package queue stage, and such regression is acceptable if
> it makes buggy bootstrappers work again. But a fixed debootstrap (and
> maybe cdebootstrap if that fails too) should really be pushed to stable.
FWIW, cdebootstrap in stable is affected, it has been fixed in version
0.6.0 (see bug #737939). In Kali we were affected by this and our
solution was to make base-files depends on base-passwd. I argued for
this in #760568 first.
Cheers,
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