Simon Richter:
Hi,
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This is understandable, apt special-cases itself, and for a good reason.
I have no problem hardcoding an "apt install" into my package selection,
that solves this nicely.
- whether e2fsprogs is Essential
This is only Important, not Essential, so dpkg marks it "deinstall", and
apt doesn't want to remove it.
Hi,
I think your problem here would be solved if `e2fsprogs` used the new
`Protected` field rather than the legacy `XB-Important` field. As I
recall, both apt and dpkg knows about the former while the later was an
apt only thing. See
https://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2020/03/msg00002.html
For the rest, I have no comments (not my field of expertise).
Best regards,
Niels
