On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:16:36 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 12:28:35PM +0200, Vincent Danjean wrote: > > Package: ia32-libs-i386 > > Version: 20120701 > > Severity: normal > > > > Currently, ia32-libs-i386 depends on > > libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.23-7.2) > > libnss-ldap (>= 264-2.2) > > libpam-ldap (>= 184-8.5) > > > > I understand that, on systems where ldap is installed on the main (amd64) > > architecture, installing the corresponding i386 packages is required. > > However, when the main architecture does not have any ldap infrastructure > > installed (most laptops for example), we are required to install packages > > that ask "strange" questions (ldap base, ...) and that reconfigure > > /etc/nsswitch. > > > > Would it be possible to downgrade the Depends to a Recommends (at least) > > with a corresponding Breaks (<< old-versions) if needed? > > If this is possible (I did not test), I think this should be applied to > > the wheezy package. > > > > Regards, > > Vincent > > Dear release team, > > would such a change (moving the 3 packages from Depends to Recommends) be > suitable for a freeze exception? > Wouldn't Recommends be just as wrong? Especially as those packages are recommended against AFAIK (http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#new-ldap).
Cheers, Julien
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