Re: Updates to debianutils, new essential package sensible-utils

TheSin <[email protected]>
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the debianutils update was posted to fink-devel or -core I forget, but there was discussion on it as it was going to impact everyone since debianutils no longer provided read link or mktemp, I didn't mention sensible silts but all it is, is an over glorified update-alternatives pkg really, for main system tools like pager and such, and it is used and required for the new dpkg.

As for updating fink I really thought I'd have more momentum with my branch which really has disappointed me since to addition of triggers and debconf would greatly improve fink I thought more would be behind this move, not to mention replacing 10 year old vernon of a core tool.
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On 2012-07-31, at 8:06 AM, Max Horn wrote:

> For one, I think it would be good if we notified fink-core whenever essential packages are modified updated. This is why I made a pull request before updating dpkg and other core packages. And this holds even more so when new essential packages are added -- I'd expect a mail announcing that with a warning in big red letters whenever it happens. Actually, thinking again, I'd expect that email *before* it happens, with some explanations as to why it happens, and a few days chance to react... perhaps there was such a mail, but if so, I can't find it :-(.
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> Secondly, any addition of or change to an essential packages should soon afterwards be reflected in fink.git -- otherwise, people who do a a fresh bootstrap and then run "fink selfupdate" will have to update packages right away. But ideally, a "selfupdate" in a freshly bootstrapped Fink, using  the most recent fink tarball, should not have to install anything.


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