Adam Borowski <kilob...@angband.pl> writes: > On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 11:42:12PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:52:41PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: >> > We have the same problem with awk since ages. We should fix both >> > problems together. Therefor I propose the following: >> >> - An essential or pseudo-essential (dependency or pre-dependency from an >> essential package) may include a new maintainer script called >> "bootstrap" in its control.tar. > >> - It must be called outside of the new root, so it can assume that it >> can execute some essential commands. > > What about making that "essential commands" mean "present on any popular > POSIXy environment"? Explicitely including busybox. Debootstrap is > something you're likely to run from Red Hat, etc, setups, so assuming > Debian tools are present would be a regression.
That certainly is the intention. Something like debconf or dpkg is not essential in this context. Thinks like test and ln are ment here. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/874o64khxg.fsf@frosties.localnet