reassign 586887 debian-installer
thanks

On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:54:18 +0100, Wolfgang Schulze-Zachau 
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> Unfortunately this problem still exists (in plain debian squeeze).

It is a feature, not a bug, that extra frobbing is required to remove
the sudo package when no root password is set.  See #451241 for the
motivation behind the tests in the prerm.

> I am not sure this is actually a problem with sudo-ldap. I would rather
> more lay the blame at the installer for not realising that a root
> password will be set, and also for not realising that the removal is
> because of a replacement, but since I am not an expert in these matters,
> I shall leave that decision to you guys.

Since a straight-forward mechanism to override the check in sudo's prerm
exists, I agree that this is something that can/should be fixed in the
installer.  Reassigning.

Bdale

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