On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 01:32:48PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Sat, 2 Aug 2008, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > Santiago, please see > > <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/07/msg01028.html> for an > > explanation of why I've reassigned this bug; I think awk has been > > accidentally left outside the Essential set in a subtle way that has gone > > largely unnoticed, probably because no one uses awk in their preinst > > scripts. :) > Thanks a lot for the explanation. > My only fear is: Will debootstrap manage gracefully a base-files > package having a pre-depends: awk? Looking at the package relationships, I can't see any reason that it wouldn't. But I wouldn't swear on this before someone tests it. (I think unstable is an ok place to test this. :-) > If yes, would the fix for this (a pre-depends: awk) be allowed in lenny? Unless overridden by the release managers, I would give this a freeze exception, yes. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
