Re: is testing broken?

["Gary Hennigan" <glhenni@sandia.gov>]

"Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@mcss.mcmaster.ca> writes:
>     I'd like to upgrade a box to testing, but I'm wondering if testing
> is
> broken. 
> 
>     http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=base-passwd
>  
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=130735&repeatmerged=yes
> 
>     Should I be upgrading to testing right now? 

As far as I know testing is working fine. I've been using it for a
long time and just upgraded base-passwd yesterday without a hitch. The
bug you reference is only an issue if you don't have a root account on
your system, ie., no UID=0 GID=0 account. Other than that I believe
you should be fine.

Gary