Bug#1020267: Essential packages only provide functionality after being configured

2022-09-22 Thread Russ Allbery
Guillem Jover writes: > On Sun, 2022-09-18 at 20:27:46 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Helmut Grohne writes: >>> […] It can be made explicit in section 3.8 quite easily: >>> Since dpkg will not prevent upgrading of other packages while an >>> ``essential`` package is in an unconfigured state, al

Bug#1020267: Essential packages only provide functionality after being configured

2022-09-22 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Sun, 2022-09-18 at 20:27:46 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Helmut Grohne writes: > > […] It can be made explicit in section 3.8 quite easily: > > > Since dpkg will not prevent upgrading of other packages while an > > ``essential`` package is in an unconfigured state, all ``essential`` > >