[Bug 922578] Re: please remove 'resolvconf' from ubuntu-minimal Depends

[Stéphane Graber]

The resolvconf we promoted to main for Precise is pretty different from
the resolvconf we used to have in the past.

This has been done after discussion with the various teams as part of: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-p-dns-resolving
The corresponding MIR can be found at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/921135

We don't plan on moving resolvconf out of ubuntu-minimal but will
investigate cases that break because of it and fix them instead.

One of the known way to disable it (and the reason why we didn't make it
a Recommends rather than a Depends) is to simply remove the symlink and
replace it by a regular resolv.conf file.

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Title:
  please remove 'resolvconf' from ubuntu-minimal Depends

Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The addition of 'resolvconf' to ubuntu-minimal's Depends introduces
  too many problems, mostly because it replaces /etc/resolv.conf with a
  symbolic link to content in the /run hierarchy. This is particularly
  undesirable within a chroot. Additionally, resolvconf is generally
  known as a seriously broken piece of software, and so it needs to be
  removed from ubuntu-minimal's Depends.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubuntu-minimal 1.258
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-10.18-generic 3.2.1
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-10-generic i586
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Jan 27 15:15:11 2012
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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