Package: lsb-base Version: 3.2-12 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch In the control file:
# Package: lsb-base [...] # Depends: sed, ncurses-bin # Replaces: lsb-core (<< 2.0-6), lsb (<< 2.0-6) # Conflicts: lsb-core (<< 2.0-6), lsb (<< 2.0-6) "Depends: sed, ncurses-bin" achieves nothing, since both packages are Essential: yes and Priority: required. In the versioned conflicts, the version numbers given are pre-Oldstable anyway; Sarge had 2.0-7. You'd be quite entitled (as in the attached patch) to drop _all_ of these dependency lines - especially once Testing has frozen and new versions of lsb-base are targeted at Lenny+1 (=Woody+4). -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25.custom Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages lsb-base depends on: ii ncurses-bin 5.6+20080308-1 Terminal-related programs and man ii sed 4.1.5-6 The GNU sed stream editor lsb-base recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- JBR Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
diff -ru lsb-3.2.pristine/debian/control lsb-3.2/debian/control --- lsb-3.2.pristine/debian/control 2008-04-26 21:44:04.000000000 +0100 +++ lsb-3.2/debian/control 2008-06-27 02:01:39.000000000 +0100 @@ -206,9 +206,6 @@ Package: lsb-base Architecture: all -Depends: sed, ncurses-bin -Replaces: lsb-core (<< 2.0-6), lsb (<< 2.0-6) -Conflicts: lsb-core (<< 2.0-6), lsb (<< 2.0-6) Priority: required Description: Linux Standard Base 3.2 init script functionality The Linux Standard Base (http://www.linuxbase.org/) is a standard
