On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 20:13 +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> Package: ifplugd
> Version: 0.28-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: missing dependency
> 
> When testing ifplugd with piuparts, I get the following error:
> 
>   Setting up ifplugd (0.28-1) ...
>   ln: creating symbolic link `/etc/udev/rules.d/030_ifplugd.rules' to
> `../ifplugd.rules': No such file or directory
>   dpkg: error processing ifplugd (--configure):
>    subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> 
> ifplugd does not depend on udev, which provides the /etc/udev/rules.d
> directory, leading to this error situation.

I will include that directory in the package. I prefer to have ifplugd
_not_ depend on udev, because it works very well without it. It is more
an enhancement.

> Since this situation is
> explicitly mentioned in http://release.debian.org/etch_rc_policy.txt as
> a release criterion, I'm putting the severity as "serious"; if you
> disagree, please downgrade.

I think the severity is justified, I leave it at that.

I will upload a fixed version now.

Greetings,
Oliver

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