Debian bug report logs - #1470 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1470: many base packages not Essential Reply-To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Jackson Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 23:18:32 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: (many) X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Fri, 22 Sep 1995 23:18:32 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Fri, 22 Sep 1995 23:14:26 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sw93K-000GGnC; Fri, 22 Sep 95 07:26 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA28451 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 22 Sep 1995 07:25:52 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0sw8l0-000C0kC; Fri, 22 Sep 95 15:07 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Fri, 22 Sep 95 13:19 BST Message-Id: Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 13:19 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address Package: (many) The following packages were in the binary/base directory on ftp.debian.org a few days ago, but do not say `Essential: yes' in their control files: adduser-1.94-1 gawk-2.15.6-1 sed-2.05-4 bash-1.14.4-2 grep-2.0-3 sh-utils-1.12-3 bsdutils-1.3-1 gzip-1.2.4-6 sysklogd-1.2-11 chfn-1.0-4 hostname-1.6-2 tar-1.11.8-1 diff-2.7-3 kbd-0.90-3 textutils-1.11-2 ed-0.2-4 ld.so-1.7.7-1 timezone-7.8-1 fdflush-1.0.0-0 modules-1.2.8-1 tput-1.0-5 fileutils-3.12-2 mount-2.4-5 findutils-4.1-4 procps-0.97-4 Packages which say `Essential: yes' are protected against accidental deinstallation - you have to say --force-remove-essential. Packages which do not are not. These base packages are OK: dpkg-0.93.75 e2fsprogs-0.5b-4 image-1.2.13-2 miscutils-1.3-2 sysvinit-2.57b-0 Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1470: Acknowledgement (was: many base packages not Essential) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1470" or "Re: Bug#1470" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-request: From debian.org!imurdock Wed Oct 11 15:48:54 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t39xF-000GqZC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 15:48 PDT Received: from imagine.imaginit.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA11724 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-request-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 15:48:30 -0700 Received: by imagine.imaginit.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 11 Oct 95 17:52 EST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 17:52 EST From: imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) To: debian-bugs-request@pixar.com reassign 1470 (base) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov