* Tim Woodall <debianb...@woodall.me.uk> [210221 15:28]: > I am unsure how debootstrap avoids the first problem - It could just be > down to luck that debootstrap configures base-passwd before passwd. grep > is Priority: required and Essential: yes so it could be argued that it > should be unpacked before attempting to configure passwd and so this > dependency is not required.
That is exactly the case. Both grep and base-passwd are Essential: yes, so they _must_ function already (even when not configured yet). Adding them to Depends: could be argued to be a bug. Chris
