On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Santiago Vila wrote:
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> On 14 Jun 1998, Guy Maor wrote:
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> > passwd is required and that is enough. You can assume that all
> > required packages are always on the system.
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> I disagree. Since you are able to remove a required-but-no
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On 14 Jun 1998, Guy Maor wrote:
> passwd is required and that is enough. You can assume that all
> required packages are always on the system.
I disagree. Since you are able to remove a required-but-non-essential
package and dpkg does not complain, required-bu
James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> My original objection was going to be base around the fact that passwd
> is Essential, but it turns out it isn't, my bad. I'd hate to be part
> of the current `Let's make foo Essential: yes and part of the base
> system, in fact let's make it the kernel'
On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 07:49:48AM +0200, Scott Hanson wrote:
> > > The problem is that the _preinst_ might use the programs useradd and
> > > groupadd. These are not in the base system nor essential. They're
> > > included in the passwd package. They might use configuration files
> > > that mi
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 12:55:53PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
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> > The problem is that the _preinst_ might use the programs useradd and
> > groupadd. These are not in the base system nor essential. They're
> > included in the passwd packa
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 12:55:53PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> I have moved msql 2.0.3-4 into Incoming/REJECT
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Schulze) writes:
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> >* Added pre-dependency for passwd to msqld as its tools
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 02:26:09PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
> Martin Schulze wrote:
> > The problem is that the _preinst_ might use the programs useradd and
> > groupadd.
>
> Why not do it in the postinst, at configure time? Then a normal
> dependency is enough.
Because the uid should be p
Martin Schulze wrote:
> The problem is that the _preinst_ might use the programs useradd and
> groupadd.
Why not do it in the postinst, at configure time? Then a normal
dependency is enough.
If the user or group does not exist on the system, dpkg will use the
numeric IDs instead.
Richard Braakm
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 12:17:52PM +0100, James Troup wrote:
> Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > >* Added pre-dependency for passwd to msqld as its tools are used
> > > in the preinst.
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> > Does anybody object?
>
> My original objection was going to be base around the f
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >* Added pre-dependency for passwd to msqld as its tools are used
> > in the preinst.
>
> Does anybody object?
My original objection was going to be base around the fact that passwd
is Essential, but it turns out it isn't, my bad. I'd hate to
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On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Martin Schulze wrote:
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> Does anybody object?
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> The problem is that the _preinst_ might use the programs useradd and
> groupadd. These are not in the base system nor essential. They're
> included in the passwd package. They might
I have moved msql 2.0.3-4 into Incoming/REJECT
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Schulze) writes:
>* Added pre-dependency for passwd to msqld as its tools are used
> in the preinst.
You're meant to obtain a consensus on debian-
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