On 14 January 2023 at 10:19, Gioele Barabucci wrote: | Package: r-base-core | Version: 4.2.2.20221110-1 | Tags: patch | | `r-base-core.postinst` uses Perl to set `$papersize` as a default | fallback in `Renviron`. | | Such simple processing can be achieved also with a very similar `sed` | invocation.
Sure, can do. I once wrote that when perl was very much a given on all installations. | Using sed instead of Perl reduces the number of packages required to | install r-core-base. (Perl is a candidate for removal from essential, | see https://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/EssentialOnDiet.) | | A patch to fix this issue can be found at | <https://salsa.debian.org/edd/r-base/-/merge_requests/2>. I'll take a look. Thanks for reaching out. Dirk | Regards, | | -- | Gioele Barabucci -- dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org
