Package: syslinux Version: 2:4.03+dfsg-12 Severity: normal I know this has been discussed before (1) but syslinux is _useless_ without mtools. You closed the bug 265275 with the comment that suggestions are installed anyway nowadays but that is not true. I ran aptitude install syslinux and mtools didn't get pull in automatically.
Please rethink your decision and make the world a more convenient place ;) 1: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=265275 -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-1.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages syslinux depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-13 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii syslinux-common 2:4.03+dfsg-12 collection of boot loaders (common syslinux recommends no packages. Versions of packages syslinux suggests: ii dosfstools 3.0.9-1 utilities for making and checking ii mtools 4.0.12-1 Tools for manipulating MSDOS files ii os-prober 1.44 utility to detect other OSes on a -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org