Bug#924401: base-files fails postinst when base-passwd is unpacked

2019-03-15 Thread Santiago Vila
On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 04:51:11PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Since dpkg will not prevent upgrading of other packages while an > ``essential`` package is in an unconfigured state, all ``essential`` > packages must supply all of their core functionality even when > -unconfigured. If the

Bug#924401: base-files fails postinst when base-passwd is unpacked

2019-03-15 Thread Santiago Vila
On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 04:51:11PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Since dpkg will not prevent upgrading of other packages while an > ``essential`` package is in an unconfigured state, all ``essential`` > packages must supply all of their core functionality even when > -unconfigured. If the

Bug#924401: base-files fails postinst when base-passwd is unpacked

2019-03-15 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Santiago, On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 11:58:12AM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > blame for such bug, is annoying me. (So, Helmut, please file a bug > in the bootstrapping tool which does not work for you, and do not > try to fix it here). I refuse the view that multistrap is buggy. You cite

Bug#924401: base-files fails postinst when base-passwd is unpacked

2019-03-15 Thread Santiago Vila
> > In a practical level, because you already see what happens when > > you configure any package which uses users defined in /etc/passwd > > without a minimal /etc/passwd in place. Again in a practical level, > > once we know it, we can't pretend that we don't know it. > > That's what the