removing ubuntu-minimal leaves system in a unbootable state
Bug #61842 reported by
Oxenfrogga
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| aptitude (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubuntu-minimal
Hello everyone,
one could say that it's not really a bug but my stupidity but I would say it's a bug: In order to delete vim-tiny (because I don't use it) I removed ubuntu-minimal, too, using aptitude. Without any further qustions packages like upstart, tasksel, ... were deleted, too, which are essential for booting the system, leaving it all in a unbootable state.
It's not hard at all to repair it using a live-cd, but I'd recommend to prevent people from deleting it by asking the "are you serious?
Thanks,
Oxenfrogga
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| Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote | #1 |
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| Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote | #2 |
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| Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote | #3 |
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| status: | Unconfirmed → Needs Info |
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| Oxenfrogga (tlatlik) wrote The end of the story ... | #4 |
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apt-get autoremove probably shouldn't remove upstart. I know it's not Essential for various reasons, but it's not particularly good for it to be automatically removed either.