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Re: Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by default?

From Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by default?
Date 2024-06-14 01:50 +0200
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On 2024-06-13 22:15:05 +0200, Javier Barroso wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> El jue., 13 jun. 2024 20:48, Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> escribió:
> 
> > On 2024-06-13 14:43:25 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 07:57:59PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > > > The "whois" package has "Priority: standard".
> > >
> > > hobbit:~$ apt-cache show whois | grep Priority
> > > Priority: optional
> >
> > qaa:~> apt-cache show whois | grep Priority
> > Priority: optional
> > Priority: optional
> >
> > but
> >
> > qaa:~> dpkg -s whois | grep Priority
> > Priority: standard
> >
> I think it is ftpmaster override
> 
> See https://wiki.debian.org/FtpMaster/Override

Yes, but why isn't the priority of the package changed instead?

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Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by  default? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-06-13 20:00 +0200
  Re: Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by  default? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-06-13 20:50 +0200
    Re: Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by default? Javier Barroso <javibarroso@gmail.com> - 2024-06-13 22:20 +0200
      Re: Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by  default? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-06-14 01:50 +0200
  Re: Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by  default? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-06-13 20:50 +0200

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