Control: tags -1 +pending On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 03:01:52AM +0000, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > > Package: e2fsprogs > Version: 1.44.5-1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > for long time e2fsprogs were essential, and bin:initscripts used > /sbin/logsave from e2fsprogs. Nowdays, e2fsprogs are not essential, > so initscripts switched to using /sbin/logsave on best-effort basis (use > if present), which is suboptimal. > > Upstream maintainer of sysvinit imported sources of logsave from > e2fsprogs into sysvinit, and now initscripts can again be sure, that > logsave is present, if we settle question, who will provide > /sbin/logsave. > > So here I propose, that e2fsprogs no longer installs logsave, and it > switch owner to bin:sysvinit-utils. Not the best solution, given there > is desire (but not much of action) of dropping essential flag from > bin:sysvinit-utils. > > Alternatively, one of us could build bin:logsave.
I've separated logsave out into its own (Priority: optional) package[1]; it's currently pending in the NEW queue as part of the e2fsprogs 1.45.3 release. [1] https://browse.dgit.debian.org/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=bb788de9b021d21686d08366f02415a4c0a91f5e - Ted
