Richard Braakman writes:
> On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 11:01:07PM +0100, Yann Dirson wrote:
> > I cannot find a reason currently for its existance, nor can I find a
> > reference to it in the Policy and Packaging manuals.
>
> I see no reason for it either.
>
> > If there's no (more) reason, I strongly suggest we throw this ugly
> > thing ASAP, and I'll be happy to be one of the first to do so with my
> > packages currently using this "section".
>
> I'd love to get rid of it; it would save work for the FTP admins.
There were no reactions against the "get rid of base" idea. So I'd
like to complete the move before we forget ;)
I guess the best way to bet things done would be to bulk-report to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] that packages currently in base should be put in a
relevant section.
Also maybe a lintian test can be written to print an error on
"Section: base". Any volunteer for this one ?
Here is the list of i386 base packages I found and suggested
sections. Any corrections ? Any additions (other archs) ?
My plan (unless objections are raised - please do not forget to CC me)
is to file those bug reports on monday evening (European time) against
those packages still in base (according to Packages file on master) at
this date.
adduser admin
ae editors
base-files admin ? misc ?
base-passwd admin ? misc ?
bash shells
bsdutils utils
console-tools utils
console-tools-libs libs
debianutils utils
diff text
dpkg admin
e2fsprogs admin
fileutils utils
findutils utils
grep text
gzip utils
hostname admin
ldso admin ? libs ?
libc6 libs
libncurses4 libs
libpam-modules admin
libpam-runtime admin
libpam0g libs
libreadlineg2 libs
libstdc++2.* libs
login admin
makedev admin
mawk interpreters
mbr admin ?
modutils admin
mount admin
ncurses-base libs ?
ncurses-bin utils
passwd admin
perl-5.*-base interpreters
perl-base interpreters
procps utils
sed text
setserial utils ? admin ?
shellutils utils
slang1 libs
sysklogd admin
sysvinit admin
tar utils
textutils text
update admin
util-linux utils
lilo admin
apt admin
dpkg-ftp admin
fdflush utils
gettext-base libs ?
libgdbmg1 libs
libnet-perl interpreters ? net ?
libwrap0 libs
netbase net
ppp net
tcpd net
data-dumper interpreters
elvis-tiny editors
kernel-image-* admin
libnewt0 libs
modconf admin
pppconfig net
syslinux admin
whiptail libs
dpkg-mountable admin
dpkg-multicd admin
grub admin
isapnptools utils ?
pcmcia-cs utils ?
pcmcia-modules-* utils ?
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