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FS#63241 - [archiso] Some commands required for running archiso are not installed as dependencies
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Opened by Wouter Wijsman (sharkwouter) - Sunday, 21 July 2019, 00:03 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Sunday, 21 July 2019, 04:00 GMT
Opened by Wouter Wijsman (sharkwouter) - Sunday, 21 July 2019, 00:03 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Sunday, 21 July 2019, 04:00 GMT
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DetailsDescription:
To be able the run the build.sh script installed with archiso (/usr/share/archiso/configs/releng/build.sh) the packages "file" and "grep" need to be installed. These are, however, not dependencies of the archiso package. This causes the script to fail on systems where these packages are not already installed. I experienced issues because of this when using archiso on the archlinux/base docker container. Additional info: * This was with archiso version 42-1 Steps to reproduce: - Install archiso - Make a copy of the /usr/share/archiso/configs/releng directory - Run the build.sh script - Creating the ISO will fail, stating an error like "./build.sh: line 69: grep: command not found" |
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Closed by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
Sunday, 21 July 2019, 04:00 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: file and grep are part of base, and required by POSIX. They are commonly used by shell scripts in general, and no system should be considered complete without them.
There is no policy requiring that packages list dependencies on members of the base group, and until and unless such a policy comes to exist, it is not considered an error for packages to assume that such critical functionality is present.
Sunday, 21 July 2019, 04:00 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: file and grep are part of base, and required by POSIX. They are commonly used by shell scripts in general, and no system should be considered complete without them.
There is no policy requiring that packages list dependencies on members of the base group, and until and unless such a policy comes to exist, it is not considered an error for packages to assume that such critical functionality is present.