Package: libdjvulibre15 Version: 3.5.20-4 Severity: normal A Debian user recently complained on #debian that attempting to install imagemagick on his system brought in the following dependencies:
The following extra packages will be installed: defoma file fontconfig fontconfig-config gsfonts hicolor-icon-theme iceweasel libatk1.0-0 libatk1.0-data libcairo2 libcroco3 libdatrie0 libdjvulibre15 libdmx1 libdrm2 libfontconfig1 libfontenc1 libfs6 libgd2-noxpm libgl1-mesa-glx libgraphviz4 libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common libhunspell-1.1-0 libice6 libjasper1 libjpeg62 liblcms1 libltdl3 libmagick10 libnspr4-0d libnss3-1d libopenexr2ldbl libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libpng12-0 librsvg2-2 libsm6 libthai-data libthai0 libtiff4 libwmf0.2-7 libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxaw7 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxdmcp6 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxfont1 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxp6 libxpm4 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxslt1.1 libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libxv1 libxxf86dga1 libxxf86misc1 libxxf86vm1 shared-mime-info ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra x-ttcidfont-conf x11-common x11-utils x11-xserver-utils xdg-utils xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xsltproc xutils xutils-dev A primary offender in this nonsense seems to be libdjvulibre15, which depends on xdg-utils, which is a desktop support package which recommends, among other things, iceweasel. IMHO a file format support package like libdjvulibre15 (AFAICS) should not be depending on a desktop support package like xdg-utils. If there's an at all feasible way to remove this dependency, it would help to combat dependency bloat if that could be done. Thanks! -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libdjvulibre15 depends on: ii libc6 2.7-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.3.0-1 GCC support library ii libjpeg62 6b-14 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libstdc++6 4.3.0-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii xdg-utils 1.0.2-3 desktop integration utilities from libdjvulibre15 recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
