> To be clear: is the problem that while fileutils in stable is essential, > fileutils in testing is not, and APT was using the "essential" flag from > the latest version for some reason?
AFAIR, APT has or had only one 'Essential' field per package, while it should be per version. P.S. I cannot speak for APT anymore :) -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com C++/Perl developer, Debian Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org