From cf0bf59698ef31618c8fb555a826c26694cf6c85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: georglauterbach <44545919+georglauterbach@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 00:37:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] better communicate why we need early packages

---
 target/scripts/build/packages.sh | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/target/scripts/build/packages.sh b/target/scripts/build/packages.sh
index 207a8d9c..5ac846e4 100644
--- a/target/scripts/build/packages.sh
+++ b/target/scripts/build/packages.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,15 @@ function _pre_installation_steps() {
   apt-get "${QUIET}" update
 
   _log 'trace' 'Installing packages that are needed early'
-  apt-get "${QUIET}" install --no-install-recommends apt-utils 2>/dev/null
+  # add packages usually required by apt to
+  # - not log unnecessary warnings
+  # - be able to add PPAs early (e.g., Rspamd)
+  local EARLY_PACKAGES=(
+    apt-utils # avoid useless warnings
+    apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg # required for adding PPAs
+    systemd-standalone-sysusers # avoid problems with SA / Amavis (https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3403#pullrequestreview-1596689953)
+  )
+  apt-get "${QUIET}" install --no-install-recommends "${EARLY_PACKAGES[@]}" 2>/dev/null
 
   _log 'trace' 'Upgrading packages'
   apt-get "${QUIET}" upgrade