reassign 544481 dpkg thanks On 2009-09-01 02:55:18 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > reassign 544481 aptitude > severity 544481 critical > retitle 544481 aptitude installed non-essential diff 2.8.1-16 as essential > thanks > > On 2009-09-01 02:27:33 +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > Nonsense. > > > > Is I said, and you can check from the source, the diff dummy packahge > > is not essential anymore. > > > > What exactly do you expect me to do with a bug saying "diff should not > > be essential", when it already is *not*? > > > > I could help you to determine what's wrong in your system, but *not* > > on the basis that I have to do something that I've *already* done, namely, > > dropping the Essential flag from the diff package. > > Then this means that aptitude (or dpkg?) broke my system.
Actually, I have the same problem after reinstalling diff with apt-get (on a different machine). So, this probably comes from dpkg. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.org> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arénaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
