On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:20:02 +0200, Vincent Danjean wrote: > Michael S. Gilbert wrote: > >> Am Mittwoch, den 29.07.2009, 02:25 +0200 schrieb Vincent Danjean: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Since a few days, on a stable machine (with stable, testing and > >>> unstable sources for apt but APT::Default-Release set to "stable"), > >>> "apt-get dist-upgrade" wants to install dash. > >>> Can someone explain me why ? Is it due to the fact that dash is > >>> essential in unstable ? > > > i think the real issue here is that getting dash pushed onto your stable > > system is a somewhat unwelcome surprise (not that it is necessarily > > harmful). it will certainly cause some concern for certain > > security-conscious users since it is not coming from a point release or > > DSA update, which may lead to paranoia of malicious activity. > > You need to have unstable sources in apt for this to occur. A plain > stable (lenny) system will not see that. It is not really a concern for > me (the lenny dash that is pulled does not change /bin/sh by default > and dash is not a big package). > I was just wondering if this behavior was a feature or a bug. And it > was also a surprise for me.
it is a bug in the sense that stable's behavior is being unduly influenced by unstable's "essential packages" list. i would suggest submitting a report to the bts so the problem can be tracked and eliminated in future releases. mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org