Subject: Re: bug#813: Fwd: Re: [devuan-dev] bug#813: netcat-traditional: Debian Bug#1056980: netcat-traditional: upgrade to 1.10-48 fails (postinst

From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 12:53:31 +0000

Control: reassign -1 devuan-project
Control: forcemerge 810 -1
Control: affects -1 netcat-traditional

On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 03:28:48PM +0100, Svante Signell wrote:
> You should not be forced to install usrmerge in a Devuan system. That package
> will be forked by Devuan.

Svante,

I am not sure either of these assertions is agreed Devuan policy.

Arthur,

Installing usrmerge should fix this which Devuan has inherited (however
unwelcome that may be) from Debian. See[1] for a fuller explanation.

Reassigning and merging.

Mark

[1]  https://bugs.devuan.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=810#15