Bug#809744: /var/lib/dpkg/info/udev.prerm called with unknown argument 'deconfigure'

[Martin Pitt]

Control: tag -1 pending

Andreas Beckmann [2016-01-08 11:52 +0100]:
> Why can't this be fixed in a jessie point release?

It can, but we can't guarantee that the jessie update will be
installed before dist-upgrading to wheezy.

> So at least upgrades from up-to-date jessie would have a deconfigurable
> udev.

Right, this can't hurt in either case. I cherry-picked this:

  http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-systemd/systemd.git/commit/?h=jessie&id=966a8a40

(@Michael: I deliberately picked 0b45b4c as that's less intrusive
than ea089f29bb; but I don't have a strong opinion.)

> In ifupdown, adding a
>   Conflicts: udev (<< 228-3)
> could convince dpkg to deconfigure the other package (i.e. ifupdown)
> involved in this Breaks loop ... (but I haven't tested this).

ifupdown 0.8.5 actually did have such a Breaks:, but that completely
breaks upgrades from the current udev versions, so that got dropped as
a workaround. (See #809658, #809743).

Martin
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