On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:32:20 -0500, seth vidal wrote: > > > And what's with extra packages which are started before firstboot? > > an example of these? Daemons, firewall tools, packages which put stuff into /etc/profile.d, for instance. > I think relying on a package to BOOT that is in extras is exactly the > type of package that needs to not be in extras. "Relying" is the wrong term. It's just not nice to reboot a partial upgrade and possibly see stuff failing before you get the chance to complete the upgrade.
