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#!/bin/sh
set -e

# The following issues won't be fixed in jessie:
#   - unconditional use of ucf during postrm purge
# so add these packages to the "fake" essential set.
USED_DURING_PURGE="ucf"

# For purging configuration from /var/lib/systemd/
INITSYSTEMHELPERS="init-system-helpers"

case ${PIUPARTS_DISTRIBUTION} in
	lenny*|squeeze*|wheezy*)
		# package does not exist
		INITSYSTEMHELPERS=""
		;;
esac


case ${PIUPARTS_OBJECTS%%=*} in
	dpkg)
		# don't install fake essential packages while creating the tarball
		exit 0
		;;
	ucf|init-system-helpers)
		# allow testing of the fake essential packages
		exit 0
		;;
esac

echo "*** Adding fake essential packages ***"
apt-get install -yf $USED_DURING_PURGE $INITSYSTEMHELPERS