Package: gwhois Version: 20081227ubuntu1 Severity: normal Original report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309803
gwhois currently has a dependency on an inetd server (openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver). This is useful for running gwhois as a server, but for situations where gwhois will only be used as a client it isn't very ideal. Dropping the inetd Depends to a Recommends would make the inetd bits optional, though the prerm and postinst scripts would need to be modified. (See the linked bug report for a discussion and proposed changes on that.) However, the debconf config option does imply that an inetd will be automatically configured, so if one is not installed this might [silently?] fail. What are your thoughts on changing this in addition to demoting the inetd to a Recommends? -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers jaunty-updates APT policy: (500, 'jaunty-updates'), (500, 'jaunty-security'), (500, 'jaunty-proposed'), (500, 'jaunty-backports'), (500, 'jaunty') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-5-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gwhois depends on: ii curl 7.18.2-8ubuntu1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24ubuntu3 Debian configuration management sy ii libwww-perl 5.820-1 WWW client/server library for Perl ii lynx-cur 2.8.7dev11-2 Text-mode WWW Browser with NLS sup ii perl 5.10.0-19ubuntu1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction Versions of packages gwhois recommends: ii openbsd-inetd [inet-superse 0.20080125-2 The OpenBSD Internet Superserver gwhois suggests no packages. -- debconf information: * gwhois/inetd: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
