Hi Ansgar, And thanks for the prod/sorry for the lag.
Ansgar Burchardt <ans...@debian.org> (2016-04-01): > Package: ftp.debian.org > Severity: normal > > apt is currently at Priority: important, but debootstrap treats it > like Priority: required by including it in every variant explicitly: > > +--- > | if doing_variant - || doing_variant fakechroot; then > | #required="$required $(get_debs Priority: important)" > | # ^^ should be getting debconf here somehow maybe > | base="$(get_debs Priority: important)" > | elif doing_variant buildd || doing_variant scratchbox; then > | base="apt build-essential" > | elif doing_variant minbase; then > | base="apt" > | fi > +---[ file:///usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/sid ] > > If apt was Priority: required, debootstrap wouldn't need to pretend it > was. It also seems more honest ;) We will likely need to keep it in there (debootstrap) for a while anyway given scripts are used (through symlinks) for many distributions. But it looks like a good idea to get overrides in line with reality anyway. So ack from d-i rm; if anything breaks, things should be easy enough to fix (famous last words). [ Extra cc for debian-cd@ to cover all the bases. ] KiBi.
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