On 2011-10-28 21:21 +0200, Regid Ichira wrote: > Why does diffutils.deb priority required? > Why is it an essential package? The answer to first question is easy: because it is an Essential package, and all Essential packages are of Priority: required. For the second question, dpkg calls diff when you press "D" at the conffile prompt, so the diff program should better always be available. Sven