[Bug 1546358] Re: policycoreutils (in universe) is installed by default by isc-dhcp-server as it is a Recommends

[Robie Basak]

Why is a component mismatch critical?

Looks like the original reason Debian added the dependency is
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=797276. Which confuses
me. Doesn't the guard stop it running?

Pierre proposed http://paste.ubuntu.com/15111754/ which looks fine to
me, except that I want to make sure we don't reintroduce that Debian bug
which would make the package explode on postinst on Ubuntu by default.
Can someone check before uploading the fix, please?

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #797276
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=797276

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Title:
  policycoreutils (in universe) is installed by default by isc-dhcp-
  server as it is a Recommends

Status in isc-dhcp package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Policycoreutils is being installed by default because the package is
  listed as a Recommends. This package, however, is in universe and
  seems to be pulling selinux. This should not be a recommends but
  rather, it should be a Suggests.

  It seems that the postinst requires a binary being shipped in
  policycoreutils:

  debian/isc-dhcp-server.postinst:test ! -x /sbin/restorecon ||
  /sbin/restorecon /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases

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