[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#208514: add-shell should not depend on passwd : what's *really* intended here?

[Christian Perrier]

tags 208514 moreinfo
retitle 208514 [TO CLOSE 20050413] add-shell should not depend on passwd
thanks

(Debian specific stuff...Tomasz, you may ignore)

I've just read the bug log for #208514 and I must admit that, even if
I understand the topic in general (Herbert did not want to make his
shell package depend on passwd if it needs add-shell to add it to
/etc/shells), I don't understand what is *really* suggested.

-should we move add-shell out of the passwd binary package and make it
 Essential?

-what is bad in the current situation where all shells needing
add-shell just test for it to be here?

Herbert, can you elaborate?

Otherwise, I will tend to think like Karl did 1 1/2 year ago and just
not fix that bug (in such case, this is not a bug and I'll close it).



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