Bug#255969: coreutils: critial files in /bin deleted during dist-upgrade from stable to testing
> To be clear: is the problem that while fileutils in stable is essential,
> fileutils in testing is not, and APT was using the "essential" flag from
> the latest version for some reason?
AFAIR, APT has or had only one 'Essential' field per package, while it should
be per version.
P.S. I cannot speak for APT anymore :)
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Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com
C++/Perl developer, Debian Developer
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