On Sun, 29 May 2011, Santiago Vila wrote:
> El 29/05/11 13:47, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn escribió:
> > Package: base-files
> > Version: 6.4
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Tags: patch
> >
> > The 'Pre-Depends: awk' is superfluous.
>
> This is not a bug. base-files Pre-Depends on awk precisely to ensure
> that "awk" is essential.
I was fooled :)
> The essential status of awk was decided more than 13 years ago.
Sorry, my packaging knowledge is limited, but I don't get it :(
Do you mean base-files is used to ensure that "awk" is essential? I might
be missing something vital, but is that the proper way to make a package
essential, although a package header exists:
Essential: yes
and is specially meant for doing that?
Package 'awk' is purely virtual. Neither gawk nor mawk, which provides
awk, are essential. Care to help me understand?
None the less, base-files does _not_ need awk att all. tail and cut
(smaller canons) from coreutils (which _is_ essential) will do the job
nicely.
Cheers,
--
Cristian
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