[Bug 2111817] Re: coreutils-from is in main but coreutils-from-uutils is not
Julian Andres Klode
2111817 at bugs.launchpad.net
Tue Jun 17 14:11:14 UTC 2025
To switch back to GNU coreutils, use:
apt install coreutils-from-gnu coreutils-from-uutils- --allow-remove-
essential
Please note that coreutils-from-uutils has not been the default in
questing yet at any point (in fact britney did not migrate it due to the
dependency on rust-coreutils being in universe).
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Title:
coreutils-from is in main but coreutils-from-uutils is not
Status in coreutils-from package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Currently in questing-proposed,
coreutils has Pre-Depends: coreutils-from-uutils | coreutils-from-gnu
coreutils is in main
coreutils-from-gnu is in main
coreutils-from-uutils is in universe
It looks like britney would allow this to migrate to questing.
I'm filing a blocker bug because the first alternative for a package
in main ought to be in main. In practice, I think this would result in
the universe Ubuntu Desktop Flavor ISOs to pull in coreutils-from-
uutils but the Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server ISOs to use coreutils-
from-gnu. I'm guessing people upgrading from plucky would also get
coreutils-from-uutils. This is chaotic.
I think that we need to get coreutils-from-uutils and rust-coreutils
into main before allowing this swap to continue. In other words, this
is blocked by LP: #2111815
Other Info
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I think this could be said to be a violation of Debian Policy ยง 2.2.1 once translated to Ubuntu archive specifics.
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#the-main-
archive-area
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