Bug#1107768: unblock: dhcpcd/1:10.1.0-12
to 3.7.2025 klo 20.12 Paul Gevers (elbrus@debian.org) kirjoitti:
> On 17-06-2025 14:19, Daniel Gröber wrote:
> > Have you thought the implications of this this change all the way through
> > to user impact?
>
>
> What's the answer here?
As already stated, there is no impact. The Conflicts merely is
idiot-proofing the dependencies to avoid two networking daemons
fighting for control of the same interfaces. I've filed a bug against
network-manager to have a Conflicts against bin:dhcpcd to address the
same case, in reverse.
> > What's about bookworm users who currently have both dhcpcd and
> > network-manager installed? Is the observed breakage in #1107683 so bad it's
> > unlikeley there are any?
> >
> > What if some exist and are relying on NM config for conectivity? Would this
> > break their systems on upgrade? I'm honestly not sure how apt tiebreaks
> > with conflicts. Which package would get removed in that case?
> >
> > I'm happy to do some testing with debvm if we agree on this being a
> > concern.
>
>
> I'd like to see some reply to the concerns raised. Daniel, if you could
> try and reproduce the scenario you're worried about that would be
> appreciated.
I'll happily address genuine issues. Daniel's "concerns" are whataboutisms.
Martin-Éric
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