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For now you can list dependent packages manually in apt-get install: https://packages.ubuntu.com/resolute/build-essential

But it's clear that Ubuntu will remove coreutils, genuine sudo and other tools from the future versions. It's the direction, it's ideological and thus nor merit nor our feedback will change anything here.



> For now you can list dependent packages manually in apt-get install: https://packages.ubuntu.com/resolute/build-essential

I'm don't quite understand what this means: you can say that you want GNU coreutils when you install build-essential? How does that work on the CLI?


> genuine sudo

That made me curious, it sounds related to this:

Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords - 5 months ago (413 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464134


nah

i was referring to their counterfeit sudo emulator written in rust. It's called "sudo-rs" afair.


Ah I see, found it.

Security issues discovered in sudo-rs - https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2025/msg00...

Sudo-Rs Affected by Multiple Security Vulnerabilities - https://www.phoronix.com/news/sudo-rs-security-ubuntu-25.10

Sudo-rs enables password feedback by default - https://www.phoronix.com/news/sudo-rs-password-feedback




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