On Fri, 2022-12-16 at 18:55:42 +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > or apt. > > I am wondering if there is point to this or whether policy should be > changed? Is there some value in investing work in having packages > buildable without Prioriry required packages? > > Such installations can only be found as artifacts since there does not > seem to be a supported way to upgrade them or (un)install packages > (quoting policy: "Removing a "required" package may cause your system to > become totally broken and you may not even be able to use "dpkg" to put > things back, so only do so if you know what you are doing.") Essentialy > policy is telling us it might work to install b-d, and uninstall > Prioriry required, however dpkg might break halfway through and it would > not be a bug.
<https://bugs.debian.org/950440> Thanks, Guillem