Debian bug report logs - #1470 many base packages not Essential Package: (base) ; Reported by: Ian Jackson ; 39 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug reassigned from package `(many)' to `(base)'. Request was from imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) to debian-bugs-request@pixar.com . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Fri Sep 22 07:26:11 1995 Return-Path: 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 Subject: many base packages not Essential 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1470 ; Package (many) . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov