On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 11:59:13AM +0200, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Andreas Henriksson <andr...@fatal.se> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > A new version 2.29.2-3 of src:util-linux was recently uploaded to > > experimental[1]. The plan is to ship those changes in Buster. > > > > In this version the fdisk, sfdisk and cfdisk utilities has been split > > out into a separate 'fdisk' package. Any package that needs these > > utilities should add a dependency on the fdisk package in Buster! > > (Attempts will be made to track down and file bug reports, but > > ultimately maintainers need to take the final responsibility for the > > dependency being added before the Buster freeze.) > > > > Your new dependency declaration might look like this: > > fdisk | util-linux (<< 2.29.2-3~) > > See also the util-linux NEWS entry[2]. > > > > Currently (for Buster) the fdisk package is being made > > 'pseudo-essential' via a dependency from the Essential util-linux > > package, where the tools was split out from. (This is also to support > > upgrades from Stretch to Buster.) > > The plan is to drop this dependency (making fdisk no longer > > pseudo-essential) for Buster+1 (Bullseye). The Priority field will > > likely be set to important so fdisk utilities will still be part of any > > normal installation, but will then be deinstallable. > > Why not setting in recommand ? It will be installed by default but > could be deinstalled
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