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Bug#462568: marked as done (etch: dependency problem with initramfs-tools and busybox-static)

Your message dated Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:37:15 +0100
with message-id <20080125213715.GG1446@baikonur.stro.at>
and subject line Bug#462568: etch: dependency problem with initramfs-tools and busybox-static
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Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.85h
Severity: serious

Demonstration of the problem:

debian:~# apt-get install busybox-static
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  dash libhtml-template-perl libparse-recdescent-perl
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686
  yaird
Suggested packages:
  libipc-sharedcache-perl linux-doc-2.6.18 doc-base
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  busybox initramfs-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  busybox-static dash libhtml-template-perl libparse-recdescent-perl yaird
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-image-2.6.18-4-686
1 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 2 to remove and 27 not upgraded.
Need to get 17.4MB of archives.
After unpacking 237kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.


Commentary on the problem:

I do not believe that initramfs-tools should have to be removed with the
installation of busybox-static.  Instead, it seems that the control file
of the initramfs-tools package has an error:

debian:~# apt-cache show initramfs-tools|grep Depends:
Depends: klibc-utils (>= 1.4.19-2), busybox (>= 1:1.01-3) | busybox-cvs-static (>= 20040623-1), cpio, module-init-tools, udev (>= 0.086-1)

It appears to me that busybox-cvs-static likely should be busybox-static
in that Depends line, or busybox-static should be added to the list.

Sincerely,

--
Lester Hightower

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On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 02:12:11PM -0500, Lester Hightower wrote:
> 
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.85h
> Severity: serious

pfff overflated severity.
 
> Demonstration of the problem:
> 

read the relevant bug reports on initramfs-tools,
before reporting useless dups.

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