On Sat, 2016-12-10 at 11:24 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 02:21:21AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > ... > > > (2) firmware-misc-nonfree lacks "Breaks: initramfs-tools (<= > > > 0.125)" which it will need even after #847340 is fixed. > > > > I won't add that Breaks line because: > > - Only the combination of the new firmware-misc-nonfree *and* plymouth > > breaks with the unfixed initramfs-tools > > The cost of a Breaks that is too broad is low, in the most common cases > it might just change the order in which packages are being upgraded. [...]
The cost of a Breaks that is too broad is that linux is uninstallable in jessie-backports. (No, initramfs-tools can't be backported, look at *its* Breaks line.) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Logic doesn't apply to the real world. - Marvin Minsky
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