On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 02:12:10PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit: > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 12:56:38PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > > I've pondered with the code a bit, and I think this is an overkill to > > > require aptitude in base. > > By having base-config Depend: on it, or download it in the normal course > > of events, you're effectively putting it in base. > debootstrap is currently a fragile piece of software,
Certainly; I'm expecting it to become a chunk less fragile (especially wrt the contents of base) over the course of the next release, though. > Debian base doesn't really need aptitude, > a Debian installation requires one. If a Debian installation requires aptitude, then it should be in base. That's basically the definition of "base". Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``BAM! Science triumphs again!'' -- http://www.angryflower.com/vegeta.gif -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

