Package: base-files Version: 11.1 Tags: patch dpkg creates /var/lib/dpkg/status when missing since dpkg/1.20.0. As such, base-files can stop doing so. The relevant dpkg version is part of bullseye, but not buster. I therefore recommend fixing this bug after the release of bullseye, but that seems kinda obvious given the hard freeze. Please consider applying the attached patch.
Helmut
diff --minimal -Nru base-files-11.1/debian/changelog base-files-11.1+nmu1/debian/changelog --- base-files-11.1/debian/changelog 2021-04-10 22:15:00.000000000 +0200 +++ base-files-11.1+nmu1/debian/changelog 2021-06-11 12:58:43.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +base-files (11.1+nmu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Stop creating /var/lib/dpkg/status. (Closes: #-1) + + -- Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de> Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:58:43 +0200 + base-files (11.1) unstable; urgency=medium * Use https where appropriate, namely, origins/debian (currently used) diff --minimal -Nru base-files-11.1/debian/postinst.in base-files-11.1+nmu1/debian/postinst.in --- base-files-11.1/debian/postinst.in 2021-04-10 22:15:00.000000000 +0200 +++ base-files-11.1+nmu1/debian/postinst.in 2021-06-11 12:58:40.000000000 +0200 @@ -100,14 +100,6 @@ chmod 664 /var/run/utmp fi -if [ ! -d /var/lib/dpkg ]; then - mkdir -m 755 -p /var/lib/dpkg -fi -if [ ! -f /var/lib/dpkg/status ]; then - echo > /var/lib/dpkg/status - chmod 644 /var/lib/dpkg/status -fi - if [ -d /usr/share/info ] && [ ! -f /usr/info/dir ] && [ ! -f /usr/share/info/dir ]; then install_from_default info.dir /usr/share/info/dir chmod 644 /usr/share/info/dir
