Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.29 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi,
This bug is related to the mail at http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/03/msg00978.html which discusses the existance of both the build-essential package and the field. Quick summary: we think that in the longer term (i.e. after squeeze is dropped from the main archive at the ends of its security support) the field should go and the package should be the definition (it already is de-facto for most things including cdebootstrap). On Sat, 26, Mar, 2011 at 10:53:07AM +0100, Joerg Jaspert spoke thus.. > As far as we know currently the main user of this field seems to be > debootstrap in its buildd variant mode. I just went and checked that changing to using the package wouldn't make any difference (trivial patch at http://git.debian.org/?p=users/mhy/debootstrap.git;a=commitdiff;h=782b75f69f383e4d0e6f8909c9a69844c9f769af ) Using lenny squeeze wheezy and sid, I found no differences to dpkg --get-selections (on amd64) before and after the above patch (using debootstrap --variant=buildd ${d} ${d} http://mirror/debian/ ) Thanks, Mark -- Mark Hymers <mhy at debian dot org> "But Yossarian *still* didn't understand either how Milo could buy eggs in Malta for seven cents apiece and sell them at a profit in Pianosa for five cents." Catch 22, Joseph Heller
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