Bug#960638: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#960638: Bug#960638: login no longer needs to be essential

2020-05-18 Thread Chris Hofstaedtler
* Josh Triplett [200517 22:39]: > On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 01:33:42AM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > > * Josh Triplett [200515 00:21]: > > > It should still have priority "required", and > > > perhaps "Important: yes" so that apt makes sure the user doesn't remove > > > it by accident, but it

Bug#960638: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#960638: login no longer needs to be essential

2020-05-17 Thread Josh Triplett
On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 01:33:42AM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > * Josh Triplett [200515 00:21]: > > It should still have priority "required", and > > perhaps "Important: yes" so that apt makes sure the user doesn't remove > > it by accident, but it doesn't need "Essential: yes" anymore. >

Bug#960638: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#960638: login no longer needs to be essential

2020-05-14 Thread Chris Hofstaedtler
* Josh Triplett [200515 00:21]: > It should still have priority "required", and > perhaps "Important: yes" so that apt makes sure the user doesn't remove > it by accident, but it doesn't need "Essential: yes" anymore. However, if you keep Important: yes, you'll discover that the Debian tooling

Bug#960638: login no longer needs to be essential

2020-05-14 Thread Josh Triplett
Package: login Version: 1:4.8.1-1 Severity: wishlist Now that login no longer contains "su", it no longer needs to be an essential package. A system that doesn't run any getty processes or other means of logging in (such as a system using only ssh, or a chroot, or a system with no interactive