Re: Please, minimize your build chroots
On Fri, 2022-12-16 at 18:55:42 +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> or apt.
>
> I am wondering if there is point to this or whether policy should be
> changed? Is there some value in investing work in having packages
> buildable without Prioriry required packages?
>
> Such installations can only be found as artifacts since there does not
> seem to be a supported way to upgrade them or (un)install packages
> (quoting policy: "Removing a "required" package may cause your system to
> become totally broken and you may not even be able to use "dpkg" to put
> things back, so only do so if you know what you are doing.") Essentialy
> policy is telling us it might work to install b-d, and uninstall
> Prioriry required, however dpkg might break halfway through and it would
> not be a bug.
<https://bugs.debian.org/950440>
Thanks,
Guillem
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