Hi,
for everybody else who is reading this bug and was not reading debian-devel at
the same time, here is the thread that Tim started there for more context:
https://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.2.20.2102211635290.6...@einstein.home.woodall.me.uk
Quoting Tim Woodall (2021-02-22 18:28:56)
> On Mon
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> reassign 983251 base-passwd
Bug #983251 [passwd] passwd is missing dependencies
Bug reassigned from package 'passwd' to 'base-passwd'.
No longer marked as found in versions shadow/1:4.5-1.1.
Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #983251
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Helmut Grohne wrote:
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 07:33:10AM +, Tim Woodall wrote:
A. /etc/passwd is part of base-passwd's interface and base-files is
right in relying on it working at all times. Then base-passwd is rc
buggy for violating a policy must. Fixing this vio
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 07:33:10AM +, Tim Woodall wrote:
> A. /etc/passwd is part of base-passwd's interface and base-files is
>right in relying on it working at all times. Then base-passwd is rc
>buggy for violating a policy must. Fixing this violation is
>technically impossible.
>
Hi Tomas,
That is indeed vague. However, `Protected` has already been documented in
testing under deb-controls [0].
I hope this helps.
[0] https://manpages.debian.org/testing/dpkg-dev/deb-control.5.en.html
*--Sergio Moraes*
*Data Management Analyst*
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 12:27 AM Tomas Posp
Hi!
On Mon, 2021-02-22 at 11:30:08 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 09:23:00AM +0100, Tomas Pospisek wrote:
> > Source: debian-policy
> > Version: 4.5.1.0
> > Severity: wishlist
> > In Julian Andres Klode's blog I've [1] glimpsed:
> >
> > > New features
> > > [...]
> >
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Colin Watson wrote:
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 07:33:10AM +, Tim Woodall wrote:
As far as I can see, making base-passwd not essential, only required,
and then making passwd and base-files pre-depend on base-passwd the
system seems to bootstrap /etc/passed and /etc/group OK
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 07:33:10AM +, Tim Woodall wrote:
> As far as I can see, making base-passwd not essential, only required,
> and then making passwd and base-files pre-depend on base-passwd the
> system seems to bootstrap /etc/passed and /etc/group OK.
>
> That also seems to conform to th
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 09:23:00AM +0100, Tomas Pospisek wrote:
> Source: debian-policy
> Version: 4.5.1.0
> Severity: wishlist
>
> In Julian Andres Klode's blog I've [1] glimpsed:
>
> > New features
> > [...]
> > The Protected field is now supported. It replaces the previous Important
> > field
Source: debian-policy
Version: 4.5.1.0
Severity: wishlist
In Julian Andres Klode's blog I've [1] glimpsed:
> New features
> [...]
> The Protected field is now supported. It replaces the previous Important
> field and is like Essential, but only for installed packages (some minor
> more difference
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