Bug#801065: service failures should not fail dpkg installation: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/09/msg00532.html

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tags 801065 + patch
tags 801065 - moreinfo
thanks

hi Holger, thanks for the feedback.

On Mon Jun 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM CEST, Holger Levsen wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 10:50:10PM +0200, Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas wro=
te:
[..]
>> fwiw I wonder whether this would be of much use. "typical Debian setups"=
 is
>> ambiguous. verifying whether a remote service is unreachable is not alwa=
ys
>> straightforward. "backwards incompatible" is not always black and white.
>
> I think this is still useful, despite its not all black and white, maybe
> especially because its not black and white.

please find a lightly edited version attached as a patch.

thanks,
serafi

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