On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Santiago Vila wrote:
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On 14 Jun 1998, Guy Maor wrote:
passwd is required and that is enough. You can assume that all
required packages are always on the system.
I disagree. Since you are able to remove a
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On 14 Jun 1998, Guy Maor wrote:
passwd is required and that is enough. You can assume that all
required packages are always on the system.
I disagree. Since you are able to remove a required-but-non-essential
package and dpkg does not complain,
James Troup [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My original objection was going to be base around the fact that passwd
is Essential, but it turns out it isn't, my bad. I'd hate to be part
of the current `Let's make foo Essential: yes and part of the base
system, in fact let's make it the kernel'
Martin Schulze [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 12:55:53PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
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The problem is that the _preinst_ might use the programs useradd and
groupadd. These are not in the base system nor essential. They're
included in the passwd package.
On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 07:49:48AM +0200, Scott Hanson wrote:
The problem is that the _preinst_ might use the programs useradd and
groupadd. These are not in the base system nor essential. They're
included in the passwd package. They might use configuration files
that might not be
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 12:55:53PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
I have moved msql 2.0.3-4 into Incoming/REJECT
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Schulze) writes:
* Added pre-dependency for passwd to msqld as its tools are used
I have moved msql 2.0.3-4 into Incoming/REJECT
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Schulze) writes:
* Added pre-dependency for passwd to msqld as its tools are used
in the preinst.
You're meant to obtain a consensus on
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On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Martin Schulze wrote:
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Does anybody object?
The problem is that the _preinst_ might use the programs useradd and
groupadd. These are not in the base system nor essential. They're
included in the passwd package. They might use
Martin Schulze [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
* Added pre-dependency for passwd to msqld as its tools are used
in the preinst.
Does anybody object?
My original objection was going to be base around the fact that passwd
is Essential, but it turns out it isn't, my bad. I'd hate to be
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 12:17:52PM +0100, James Troup wrote:
Martin Schulze [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
* Added pre-dependency for passwd to msqld as its tools are used
in the preinst.
Does anybody object?
My original objection was going to be base around the fact that passwd
Martin Schulze wrote:
The problem is that the _preinst_ might use the programs useradd and
groupadd.
Why not do it in the postinst, at configure time? Then a normal
dependency is enough.
If the user or group does not exist on the system, dpkg will use the
numeric IDs instead.
Richard
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 02:26:09PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
Martin Schulze wrote:
The problem is that the _preinst_ might use the programs useradd and
groupadd.
Why not do it in the postinst, at configure time? Then a normal
dependency is enough.
Because the uid should be present
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