Hi, On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:14:15PM -0200, R. Lemos wrote: > Package: git-core > Version: 1:1.5.3.4-1 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable
This is not justified at all (I don't even think it's a bug at all) - see below... > I've installed git-core and tried to clone a repository > > yyy$ git clone xxx > Initialized empty Git repository in /yyy/xxx > /usr/bin/git-clone: line 37: curl: command not found You've skipped the important part in "xxx" - you're accessing a repository using the HTTP protocol - which requires curl. However, there are a lot of other possible ways to access repositories (e.g. git://, ssh://) which do not require curl. So there is no strict requirement for any Git user to install curl - that's why curl is only recommended by git-core rather than required. A recommendation is defined as a package "that would be found together with this one in all but unusual installations", which imho is exactly the case for curl here. If you do not install recommended packages automatically, you should have a look at the documentation if something fails. > Versions of packages git-core recommends: > pn curl <none> (no description available) [...] HTH, Sebastian -- Sebastian "tokkee" Harl +++ GnuPG-ID: 0x8501C7FC +++ http://tokkee.org/ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
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