On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 10:44:40PM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote: > > B) If base-passwd violates policy, then base-passwd is buggy. > > I say it is, but since the only consumer that matters is base-files, it > might be safer to change the latter.
The "only consumer that matters"? What do you mean? Several essential packages use "chown root:root". The reason wheezy's version of debootstrap fails on base-files is that it tries to install base-passwd and base-files in the same dpkg run. If debootstrap installed any other package using "chown root:root" in the same dpkg run as base-passwd, the other package could easily fail in exactly the same way. Adam, you want to put us in a situation in which we change packages to accomodate the order in which debootstrap decides to install them, when in fact it should be *exactly* the opposite! The job of debootstrap is to install packages in the *right* order, an order which is known to work. And I must say it again: Your idea that we should adapt all the packages is testing and unstable so that they work with a buggy version of debootstrap is not only absurd, it's also *harmful*. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141106230745.ga25...@cantor.unex.es
