Package: autoconf Version: 2.61-4 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 3.5
Policy 3.5 says: Every package must specify the dependency information about other packages that are required for the first to work correctly. autoconf merely 'recommends' automake, which is not a sufficiently strong dependency, as shown by what bit me today: : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4073 ; autoreconf Can't exec "aclocal": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/autoreconf line 182. Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/bin/autoreconf line 182. Can't exec "automake": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/autoreconf line 183. Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/bin/autoreconf line 183. : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4074 ; autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 terminated by signal: 2 -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages autoconf depends on: ii debianutils 2.28.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii m4 1.4.10-1 a macro processing language ii perl 5.8.8-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction Versions of packages autoconf recommends: pn automaken <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
