On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 at 10:55, Matthew Smith <mgsm...@netgate.com> wrote:
> > Hello, > > I have a handful of applications that will run on a ubuntu 20.04 server > install. I want to be able to manage core files that could be generated if > any of those applications crash using systemd-coredump. I noticed that when > I install systemd-coredump, it removes apport and ubuntu-server. Both > systemd-coredump and apport provide "core-dump-handler" so systemd-coredump > and apport have a conflict which results in apport being removed. Since > ubuntu-server has a dependency on apport it's removed when apport is > removed. > > The description of ubuntu-server says: > > This package depends on all of the packages in the Ubuntu Server system > . > It is also used to help ensure proper upgrades, so it is recommended > that it not be removed. > > > I am wondering exactly how ubuntu-server is related to ensuring proper > upgrades. If I choose to use systemd-coredump and ubuntu-server gets > removed as a side effect, will that cause trouble if I want to upgrade or > dist-upgrade at some point in the future? > The main thing is that you won't get any packages that have been added to Ubuntu server in the new version. For example multipath-tools got added to the default install between 18.04 and 20.04 -- if ubuntu-server is still present on the system, upgrading will cause multipath-tools to be installed, if the metapackage has been removed then it won't. Cheers, mwh
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