Bug 38009 – Package lists allow to remove essential packages

Bug 38009 - Package lists allow to remove essential packages


Summary:	Package lists allow to remove essential packages

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Product:	UCS
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	UMC - Package management
Version:	UCS 4.0
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	P5 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	UCS 4.x
Assigned To:	UMC maintainers
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Depends on:	36711
Blocks:	36508
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Reported:	2015-03-11 13:44 CET by Florian Best
Modified:	2019-01-03 07:18 CET (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Description Florian Best

2015-03-11 13:44:51 CET

Should also be solved on a deepter level (package management should prevent such uninstallations).

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #36711 +++

The package list contains "Tools: file". If that is added to the list of packages to be removed, this also force-removes cacklib, python-cracklib, python-univention,  univention-config, and so on. After that the system is unuable.

The package list removal mechanism should not be allowed to remove essential UCS packages.

Comment 1 Alexander Kläser

2015-03-24 09:18:57 CET

We could use dpkg's hook system, cf.:

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/76294/hook-a-script-to-apt-get

Comment 2 Stefan Gohmann

2019-01-03 07:18:34 CET

This issue has been filled against UCS 4.0. The maintenance with bug and security fixes for UCS 4.0 has ended on 31st of May 2016.

Customers still on UCS 4.0 are encouraged to update to UCS 4.3. Please contact
your partner or Univention for any questions.

If this issue still occurs in newer UCS versions, please use "Clone this bug" or simply reopen the issue. In this case please provide detailed information on how this issue is affecting you.