Quoting Julien Cristau ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi Christian, > > I have a comment on your proposed plan. > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 20:23:24 +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > > > So, the summary is: > > > > ("the utilities" below stands for add-shell and remove-shell) > > > > 1) shadow package maintainers upload passwd which > > "Depends: debianutils (<= 2.14.3)" > > this version *still* includes the utilities > > > I don't get why you need a Depends: at this point. I think it would be > enough if debianutils 2.15 Replaces: passwd (<= ...), and the next > passwd has a Depends field as in 5). > AIUI, that was what Clint proposed at first, and I don't see why it > wouldn't work.
Because my understanding is that it will remove passwd during the transition period if users install new systems at this moment.... passwd is not an Essential package so I guess that debianutils would "win" then. Actually a Depends line on an Essential package does not hurt that much... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]