Comment 15 for bug 1337538
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| dann frazier (dannf) wrote Re: [Bug 1337538] Re: arm64/xgene-uboot lacks u-boot-tools | #15 |
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On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Scott Moser <email address hidden> wrote:
> deciding to install a package should not *break* other packages.
> thats the problem we have.
>
> the images are built to be generic. they don't have specific target
> when their built. and this is the only point where they have to know
> that target at "package selection time". Everything else just works.
>
> The bug is easily recreated on a system that should not use flash-kernel:
> $ apt-get install flash-kernel
> $ upate-initramfs
> FAIL
>
> thats a bug. installing 1 package should not break another.
Right, I'd agree that the hook shouldn't error out if a package
outside the dependency chain is not installed. Though big flashing
warnings that you're possibly about to make your system unbootable
would seem be appropriate.