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Bug#834083: marked as done (libc-bin: essential tag)

Your message dated Thu, 11 Aug 2016 21:55:57 +0200
with message-id <20160811195557.GA1584@aurel32.net>
and subject line Re: Bug#834083: libc-bin: essential tag
has caused the Debian Bug report #834083,
regarding libc-bin: essential tag
to be marked as done.

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Package: libc-bin
Version: 2.23-4
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-CC: clint@debian.org, aurel32@debian.org, adconrad@0c3.net, sthibault@debian.org

libc-bin is tagged essential since 2.13-10. Old systems based on Squeeze
can work without libc-bin, with a dpkg that does not require ldconfig.
Could anyone explain why libc-bin is essential?

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On 2016-08-11 21:32, Javier Serrano Polo wrote:
> Package: libc-bin
> Version: 2.23-4
> Severity: wishlist
> X-Debbugs-CC: clint@debian.org, aurel32@debian.org, adconrad@0c3.net, sthibault@debian.org
> 
> libc-bin is tagged essential since 2.13-10. Old systems based on Squeeze
> can work without libc-bin, with a dpkg that does not require ldconfig.

No they can't. In squeeze, the binaries from libc-bin were included in
libc6. The package has been split as part of the switch to multiarch.

> Could anyone explain why libc-bin is essential?

Because it provides binaries and configuration files essential for the
system: ldconfig, getent, ld.so.conf, nsswitch.conf, C.UTF-8 locale, etc.

Question answered, so I am closing the bug.

Regards,
Aurelien

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