Package: ntp Version: 1:4.2.0a+stable-2 Severity: wishlist
ntp has a dependency on perl-modules, which in turn has a dependency on perl. Because of this, you need to install both perl-modules and perl in order to install an ntp server on a system, which is IMHO not too useful. Only a single script inside the ntp package actually uses a perl module present in perl-modules. Either the perl script (ntpsweep) should go (or get its own package) or be adapted so that it no longer depends on perl-modules. Here's the reason for the dependency: use Getopt::Long; # GetOptions() Moving the Getopt module into perl-base would also be fine with me. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-xen0 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages ntp depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libreadline4 4.3-11 GNU readline and history libraries ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7e-3 SSL shared libraries ii perl-modules 5.8.4-8 Core Perl modules ii psmisc 21.5-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
