[debian-edu-commits] debian-edu/ 01/03: Make installation more robust by allowing installation of our packages to remove packages during installation. If not, upgraded packages in APT sources might break the installer completely.

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

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commit 90433d795090db0e4d7981f26b8cafaa81d015d3
Author: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere at hungry.com>
Date:   Wed Aug 27 12:38:15 2014 +0200

    Make installation more robust by allowing installation of our packages to remove packages during installation.  If not, upgraded packages in APT sources might break the installer completely.
---
 debian/changelog | 3 +++
 pre-pkgsel       | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c3440f3..9dd2e0c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 debian-edu-install (1.725) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
+  * Make installation more robust by allowing installation of our
+    packages to remove packages during installation.  If not, upgraded
+    packages in APT sources might break the installer completely.
   * Remove non-working mail addresses from the lv.po, se.po and vi.po
     files after trying to reach the translators using podebconf-report-
     po.
diff --git a/pre-pkgsel b/pre-pkgsel
index a21cbca..a085592 100755
--- a/pre-pkgsel
+++ b/pre-pkgsel
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ error() {
 # Install required packages, report fatal error and reboot if it fail.
 install_required_pkg() {
     p="$1"
-    if apt-install $p ; then
+    if apt-install --allow-remove $p ; then
 	:
     else
 	template=debian-edu-install/errors-pkg-installation

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