On Tue 16 May 2023 at 11:38:27 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2023-05-15 23:14:30 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 15 May 2023 at 16:38:29 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2023-05-15 08:36:41 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > On Mon 15 May 2023 at 12:51:55 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > > Under Debian/unstable, i.e. more much recent than stretch: > > > > > > > > > > zira:~> dpkg -s net-tools > > > > > Package: net-tools > > > > > Status: install ok installed > > > > > Priority: important > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > > This is still priority important! > > > > > > > > Not at all; AFAICT, the /internal/ Priority of the package has never > > > > changed. > > > > > > But this is what the user sees. > > > > > > > (Just guessing: if you installed it, you need it, and better > > > > hang on to it.) > > > > > > Wrong. It got installed automatically. I suppose that this is because > > > this was like that in the past, when I installed the machine in 2015, > > > thus before stretch was out. > > > > Of course, how stupid of me—I should have known that from your post > > about a system running sid (quoted above in its entirety). > > Well, you should never try to guess, unless the guess is obvious.
Well, excuse me, but are you the moderator here? I shall answer posts in the manner I find appropriate, if you don't mind (and even if you do). > BTW, I don't think that sid matters here; just the fact that the > machine was installed before stretch and that there is a current > dependency. Neither of which was mentioned in your post. Does anything in your post actually matter? It it does, wouldn't it be better to file a bug against the net-tools control file, rather than spending your time criticising the fact that I had the temerity to write this aside in a post: "(Just guessing: if you installed it, you need it, and better hang on to it.)" Cheers, David.
