On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 13:34:23 +0200 Chris Hofstaedtler <z...@debian.org> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 09:42:27AM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > [..] he came up with a crazy solution where mksh's data.tar contains > > ./bin/mksh but not ./bin on the grounds that ./bin is provided by an > > essential package in all Debian releases. > > > I think this approach practically solves a significant chunk of the > > problems listed by DEP17, but it still confuses QA tools and e.g. > > dpkg -S (maybe more). [..] > > A fully working, unconfused, dpkg is part of what we want. In my > understanding, we are trying to ship a distribution, IOW a set of > packages that work *together*. > > If a confused dpkg was okay, then a lot of the work could have been > skipped.
+1 -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
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