Bug#1026858: Dependency on debconf dropped prematurely

2022-12-28 Thread Faidon Liambotis
Hi! On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 11:06:05PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Faidon Liambotis (2022-12-22): > > Going forward there are a few options: > > * Revert the change and depend on debconf again. This is the safest > > option, as this has been the status quo since 2007. > > That would

Bug#1026858: Dependency on debconf dropped prematurely

2022-12-24 Thread Holger Wansing
Control: tags -1 + pending Cyril Brulebois wrote (Thu, 22 Dec 2022 23:06:05 +0100): > Faidon Liambotis (2022-12-22): > > Going forward there are a few options: > > * Revert the change and depend on debconf again. This is the safest > > option, as this has been the status quo since 2007.

Bug#1026858: Dependency on debconf dropped prematurely

2022-12-22 Thread Gioele Barabucci
Thanks Faidon for your analysis and Cyril for forwarding this bug report to me. On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 23:06:05 +0100 Cyril Brulebois wrote: Faidon Liambotis (2022-12-22): > Going forward there are a few options: > * Revert the change and depend on debconf again. This is the safest >

Bug#1026858: Dependency on debconf dropped prematurely

2022-12-22 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi Faidon, and many thanks for the detailed analysis. Faidon Liambotis (2022-12-22): > Going forward there are a few options: > * Revert the change and depend on debconf again. This is the safest > option, as this has been the status quo since 2007. That would look good to me. I'll

Bug#1026858: Dependency on debconf dropped prematurely

2022-12-22 Thread Faidon Liambotis
Source: cdebconf Version: 0.265 Severity: critical cdebconf 0.265 dropped the "debconf" dependency, that Joey Hess "temporarily" added in 2007 with cdebconf 0.123[1]. This was added to "avoid anyone breaking their systems by removing debconf, which dependencies now allow". Unfortunately, that