Bug#511769: dpkg: don't put 'Essential' before 'Status' in /var/lib/dpkg/status

2009-01-14 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 17:19:45 +0200, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > > > My wish is remove this exception and put 'Essential: yes' line after > > > 'Status:' line as dpkg does for all other package entry lines. Hmm, I

Bug#511769: dpkg: don't put 'Essential' before 'Status' in /var/lib/dpkg/status

2009-01-14 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: >> My wish is remove this exception and put 'Essential: yes' line after >> 'Status:' line as dpkg does for all other package entry lines. > > And what is the rationale for this change? > > (Such a change needs a rationale, i

Bug#511769: dpkg: don't put 'Essential' before 'Status' in /var/lib/dpkg/status

2009-01-14 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.14.24 > Severity: wishlist > > The format of dpkg's /var/lib/dpkg/status is similar to format that > Packages uses, with one change: 'Status:' line just after 'Package:' > line. However, there is an exception from this ru

Bug#511769: dpkg: don't put 'Essential' before 'Status' in /var/lib/dpkg/status

2009-01-14 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Package: dpkg Version: 1.14.24 Severity: wishlist The format of dpkg's /var/lib/dpkg/status is similar to format that Packages uses, with one change: 'Status:' line just after 'Package:' line. However, there is an exception from this rule: when package version has 'Essential: yes' line, it's writt