On 2011-10-28 21:21 +0200, Regid Ichira wrote:

>   Why does diffutils.deb priority required?  
> Why is it an essential package?

The answer to first question is easy: because it is an Essential
package, and all Essential packages are of Priority: required.

For the second question, dpkg calls diff when you press "D" at the
conffile prompt, so the diff program should better always be available.

Sven


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