Re: base-passwd marked as Essential: yes but other packages depend on it being configured.

On Sun, 21 Feb 2021, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote: Quoting Tim Woodall (2021-02-21 22:32:16) Are you by any chance trying to do the same as: mmdebstrap --variant=apt --mode=fakechroot unstable /path/to/chroot Yes, that looks very similar indeed. Thanks. Does it do anything tha

Re: base-passwd marked as Essential: yes but other packages depend on it being configured.

On Sun, 21 Feb 2021, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote: Quoting Tim Woodall (2021-02-21 20:07:17) What I'm trying to do is build in a fakechroot. My idea was to unpack the core packages, fakeroot fakechroot chroot image apt-get install apt and have a base system to install build-deps etc.

Re: base-passwd marked as Essential: yes but other packages depend on it being configured.

Quoting Tim Woodall (2021-02-21 20:07:17) > What I'm trying to do is build in a fakechroot. My idea was to unpack the > core packages, fakeroot fakechroot chroot image apt-get install apt and have > a base system to install build-deps etc. > > However, apt does not configure packages in the needed

Re: base-passwd marked as Essential: yes but other packages depend on it being configured.

On Sun, 21 Feb 2021, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote: Hi, Quoting Tim Woodall (2021-02-21 18:22:19) base-passwd is marked as Essential: yes However, it actually creates the initial passwd and group files in the preinst script. this reminds me of: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugr

Re: base-passwd marked as Essential: yes but other packages depend on it being configured.

Hi, Quoting Tim Woodall (2021-02-21 18:22:19) > base-passwd is marked as Essential: yes > > However, it actually creates the initial passwd and group files in the preinst > script. this reminds me of: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=963788 Would this problem not also be solve

Re: base-passwd marked as Essential: yes but other packages depend on it being configured.

On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 05:22:19PM +, Tim Woodall wrote: > base-passwd is marked as Essential: yes > > However, it actually creates the initial passwd and group files in the preinst > script. > > At least two other packages depend on this initial passwd file but do > not explicitly state a de

base-passwd marked as Essential: yes but other packages depend on it being configured.

Hi, base-passwd is marked as Essential: yes However, it actually creates the initial passwd and group files in the preinst script. At least two other packages depend on this initial passwd file but do not explicitly state a dependency on this package (because it's marked essential) passwd.post