Hello, 2013-12-09 03:55, Ben Hutchings: > On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 13:56 +1100, Craig Small wrote: > > As pidof is moving from sysvinit-utils to procps-base in the next > > release, I want to check I've got the way dpkg handles flags correctly. > > > > procps-base will contain the new pidof and will be > > Essential: yes > > Breaks: sysvinit-utils << 2.88dsf-43 > > > > Now, if there is a new Essential package, is that automatically > > installed? > > Yes, apt automatically installs new essential packages (possibly > dependent on score).
Unless this is documented in Debian Policy, please don't depend on this specific behavior [1] and make a transitional dependency, AFAIK this is how it was done for several transitions of Essential packages in the past. [1] there are other package managers, plus automatic installation has its pitfalls too. -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com C++ GNU/Linux userspace developer, Debian Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131209063445.GA30621@debian-w500.Elisa