On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 11:30:37AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2016, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>
> > Wether it's base-files fault or not we had to agree to disagree. And I
> > don't realy care.
>
> This is a little bit contradictory.
I don't care because base-passwd has fixed the issue as mentioned. I
don't care if base-passwd or base-files is changed. Both are at the
source of the problem, meaning a single point to fix the issue.
> You keep saying that we have to fix things "at the source", but then
> you say that you don't really care if this is base-files fault or not.
>
> As a reminder, I will tell you, once again, that base-files follows
> policy when it says that we don't add dependencies on essential
> packages. Therefore if cdebootstrap fails, then it is a bug in
> cdebootstrap. In this case, this is the source of the problem and it's
> where the problem should be fixed.
>
> The fact that several packages may have similar bugs does not make
> those bugs not to be bugs in those packages.
>
> Moreover, AFAIK, there are basically two debootstrap programs in Debian,
> debootstrap and cdebootstrap. Not a zillion of them, not even "many"
> of them. Only two.
>
> Thanks.
Last time this question came up there were 5 of them.
Dear cdebootstrap maintainer:
This shouldn't be an issue in sid since base-passwd now creates passwd
in preinst. So one of two things need to happen:
1) base-passwd is configured before base-files
or
2) base-passwd and base-files are unpacked together so base-passwd
preinst is run before base-files postinst.
Since the second already happens there is nothing to do on your part I
believe.
MfG
Goswin
