On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 06:44:38PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Here is a list of packages that fail when all packages except essential > ones, apt and debfoster wxhere removed, but didn't fail when all > important&required packages were kept. This indicates a missing > dependency on an important or required package, and is considered an RC bug. > Packages from the list above were removed from that list, so all of them > should be RC bugs (pending confirmation from the release team, of course).
Here some preliminary investigation of these to give a better feel for the reasons behind the failures. > afbackup update-inetd on purge, no missing dep > alsa-utils false positive, other package failed to install > amanda-client false positive due to amanda-common > amanda-common adduser on purge, no missing dep > amanda-server false positive due to amanda-common > amavisd-new no error message, needs closer investigation > amavisd-new-milter false positive due to amavisd-new > amavis-stats debconf on purge, no missing dep > approx adduser on purge, no missing dep > asp no error message, needs closer investigation > bcfg2 syntax error in postrm > bootp adduser on purge, no missing dep > buildbot adduser on purge, no missing dep > capisuite false positive, exim failed to remove > cdrw-taper false positive due to amanda-common > conquest adduser in postinst, missing dep! > cricket adduser on purge, no missing dep > crywrap adduser in postinst, missing dep! > debbugs false positive, exim failed to remove > debsecan fails in postinst, needs closer investigation > dnscvsutil adduser in postinst, missing dep! > dnsmasq adduser on purge, no missing dep > doodled false positive due to doodle > doodle adduser on purge, no missing dep > exim non-debconf prompt on purge > eximon false positive due to exim > fakepop update-inetd in postinst, missing dep! > ffingerd update-inetd in postinst, missing dep! > filterproxy adduser in postinst, missing dep! > fml non-debconf prompt on purge > freewnn-cserver adduser on purge, no missing dep > freewnn-jserver adduser on purge, no missing dep > ftpd update-inetd on purge, no missing dep > ftpd-ssl update-inetd on purge, no missing dep > gallery2 debconf on purge, no missing dep > ganglia-monitor adduser on purge, no missing dep > gerstensaft update-inetd on purge, no missing dep > gmetad adduser on purge, no missing dep > gnarwl no error message (postinst), needs closer investigation > gnats debconf on purge, no missing dep (gnats-user seems to affected, too, although not listed) > gnudip non-debconf prompt on purge > gnugk needs closer investigation, fails on preinst with Password: chfn: PAM authentication failed adduser: `/usr/bin/chfn -f GNUgk daemon gnugk' returned error code 1. Exiting. > gom update-modules in postinst, missing dep! > gpar2 update-mime-database on purge, no missing dep > gtk-im-libthai update-gtk-immodules on purge no missing dep > havp adduser in postinst, missing dep! > icecast2 adduser on purge, no missing dep > ident2 update-inetd on purge, no missing dep > ifcico adduser in postinst, missing dep! > ifmail adduser in postinst, missing dep! > iiimgcf update-gtk-immodules on purge, no missing dep > ipband false positive due to exim > ipopd debconf on purge, no missing dep > ipopd-ssl false positive due to ipopd > karrigell-demo false positive due to karrigell > karrigell same error as gnugk on preinst > ldapdns adduser in postinst, missing dep! > libapache-mod-backhand needs closer investigation, non-debconf question on remove, fails on purge with other error message > linux-sound-base fails on postinst with ln: creating symbolic link `/etc/modutils/linux-sound-base_noOSS' to `/lib/linux-sound-base/noOSS.modutils.conf': No such file or directory > list adduser in postinst, missing dep! > logwatch false positive due to exim > lukemftpd update-inetd on purge, no missing dep > lurker adduser on purge, no missing dep > mailagent false positive due to exim > maildir-bulletin adduser in preinst, missing pre-dep! > midentd update-inetd on purge, no missing dep > mlmmj debconf on purge, no missing dep > mlmmj-php-web-admin false positive due to mlmmj > mock adduser in postinst, missing dep! > mpd adduser in postinst, missing dep! > nagios-nrpe-server adduser in preinst, missing pre-dep! > ndtpd syslog-facility on purge, no missing dep > netmrg debconf on purge, no missing dep > newpki-server same error as gnugk > ninpaths false positive due to exim > nuauth-extra false positive due to nuauth > nuauth adduser in preinst, missing pre-dep! > nuauth-log-mysql false positive due to nuauth > nuauth-log-pgsql false positive due to nuauth > nullidentd update-inetd on purge, no missing dep > oidentd adduser on purge, no missing dep > onak adduser in postinst, missing dep! > p3scan adduser in preinst, missing pre-dep! > pidentd-des false positive due to pidentd > pidentd adduser on purge, no missing dep > pkcipe update-modules in postinst, missing dep! > privoxy adduser on purge, no missing dep > rwhod adduser on purge, no missing dep > rwho false positive due to rwhod > sfs-client false positive due to sfs-common > sfs-common adduser on purge, no missing dep > sfs-server false positive due to sfs-common Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
