hi Helmut,

On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 04:35:18PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> What I actually meant was the set of packages used by debootstrap, but I
> wrote essential. 

ah!

> In essence, this is "Priority: required". I'm not sure
> about "Priority: important" yet. debootstrap seems to reliably configure
> all required packages before unpacking important packages and that may
> be sufficient to be safe. Rule of thumb: If your package is in the
> "Priority: required" set and has an aliased file, do expect me to send a
> patch.

:)

fwiw, required is also only 27 source packages. and important adds another
27 as well.

btw, this made me aware that we (r-b.o) didn't track that, so thanks
to this thread there's 
https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/unstable/amd64/pkg_set_important.html
now and in future! 

> > a mail or a bug? is there a user tag?
> A d-devel thread Cced to all relevant maintainers.
> https://lists.debian.org/20230912181509.ga2588...@subdivi.de

thanks!

> We're talking about:
>  * base-files
>  * bash
>  * coreutils maybe
>  * dash
>  * libc6
>  * util-linux
 
ok, those are kinda important. ;)

> > many thanks for all your work on this!
> You are welcome.

& many thanks to everyone else involved too!


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