Bug#887863: Bug#887629: libc6: bad upgrade path: libexpat1 unpacked and python3 called before libc6 unpacked

[Guillem Jover]

On Sun, 2018-01-21 at 02:59:53 +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Control: clone -1 -2
> Control: retitle -2 libglib2.0-dev: needs dummy empty prerm
> Control: reassign -2 libglib2.0-dev 2.54.2-1
> 
> >> On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 05:07:30PM +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote:>>> For now, I'd suggest the dummy empty libglib2.0-dev.prerm, but if this
> Even if python is going to get fixed, this probably won't help
> libglib2.0-dev (which drops the python dependency in buster), therefore
> it will need to add the dummy empty prerm to mitigate this issue.

I don't see why this would be needed. If python gets fixed to use
Pre-Depends, then it does not matter whether libglib2.0-dev stops
depending on it, as python should then be always usable even when
just unpacked.

Thanks,
Guillem