Hello, On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 08:05:37PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Package: havp [...] > DEBIAN/postinst contains mkfs.ext2. According to file it is a POSIX shell > script, ASCII text executable [...]
I've looked into havp packaging and *currently* havp needs a Depends on e2fsprogs. The mkfs.ext2 usage is conditional on the debconf variable havp/loopback_mount being true, which is the default. The alternative to adding a depends on e2fsprogs is to refactor the havp.config so that it checks for mkfs.ext2 existance and gives no other option than false on havp/loopback_mount if mkfs.ext2 doesn't exist (probably together with a debconf prompt stating that) to allow downgrading e2fsprogs dependency to Recommends or even Suggests. Would be great to hear from the maintainer if complicating the config/templates part is worth it to avoid the Depends on e2fsprogs! Regards, Andreas Henriksson
