[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#979551: Bug#979551: node-babel7: update-alternatives set up fails

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Paolo Greppi (2021-01-08 11:44:31)
> Il 08/01/21 11:35, Jonas Smedegaard ha scritto:
> > Quoting Paolo Greppi (2021-01-08 08:46:36)
> >> I guess that's because the bullseye-slim image lacks the manpages.
> > 
> > A Debian install with man pages excluded seems to be an unsupported
> > system: Whatever hooks applied to do that trick should be extended to
> > handle update-alternatives - not the packages providing alternatives nor
> > the update-alternatives mechanism itself!
> > 
> > If you disagree, then please try locate passages in Debian Policy to
> > support your view.
> > 
> > 
> >   - Jonas
> > 
> 
> Sorry I am not qualified to respond.

Yes you are.

My way of writing can be off-putting - it may sound like I know better 
than anyone, but I really don't know all - and even if my knowledge 
about Debian rules is "right", it is still relevant to get *opinions* to 
maybe *change* the rules.


> Using Debian official images with docker/podman is a use case we 
> should support as it is one significant way for Debian to stay 
> relevant in this post-devops world.
> 
> Also see:
> - https://hub.docker.com/_/debian/#Image_Variants
> - https://github.com/debuerreotype/debuerreotype/issues/10

I agree that Debian official material should work.

Your 2 URLs point elsewhere than the official debian.org domain - could 
it be that the image you used is not "official Debian" mirrored at 
docker.com but maybe instead "official Docker" based on Debian?


 - Jonas

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