Re: diff is now diffutils

2009-09-08 Thread Steve Langasek 
Hi Santiago,

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 08:17:23PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:

 The diff binary package has been renamed diffutils. The diff
 package is now dummy and depends on diffutils, so nothing should break
 because of this change. However, you might want to adjust debootstrap
 and similar tools so that they don't install obsolete dummy packages.

Not related to debian-boot, but I've noticed an implementation issue with
this change.  The new 'diff' package only Depends: on diffutils, it doesn't
Pre-Depend; that means the new package is allowed to be unpacked during
upgrade before diffutils is, leaving a window when /usr/bin/diff is missing.
I think diff should Pre-Depend on diffutils, as we've done in the past for
other Essential package transitions.

Cheers,
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Re: diff is now diffutils

2009-09-08 Thread Santiago Vila 
On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Steve Langasek wrote:

 [...]
 I think diff should Pre-Depend on diffutils, as we've done in the past for
 other Essential package transitions.

Agreed.

Fixed in 1:2.8.1-17.

Thanks a lot.


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diff is now diffutils

2009-08-28 Thread Santiago Vila 
Hello.

The diff binary package has been renamed diffutils. The diff
package is now dummy and depends on diffutils, so nothing should break
because of this change. However, you might want to adjust debootstrap
and similar tools so that they don't install obsolete dummy packages.

Thanks.


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Re: diff is now diffutils

2009-08-28 Thread Frans Pop 
Hi Santiago,

On Friday 28 August 2009, Santiago Vila wrote:
 The diff binary package has been renamed diffutils. The diff
 package is now dummy and depends on diffutils, so nothing should break
 because of this change. However, you might want to adjust debootstrap
 and similar tools so that they don't install obsolete dummy packages.

Nothing installs diff by name (base system packages get installed based on 
their priority, not some explicit list), but thanks for the heads up.

Cheers,
FJP


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