On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 08:30:22 +0200, Peter Marschall wrote: > I checked the code, and AFAICS Data::Random is only necessary if the system > does not have a /dev/random.
Yup. > Is this the case for any of the kernels that Debian works on? That's the good question ... > If yes, would it b possible to add the dependency on Data::Random only for > these kernels? No, the package can't in advance know which kernel a machine runs. And, BTW, it's not a Depends, but only a Recommends, so you can safely remove it. (And I'm open to removing it from Recommends if we are sure enough that there are no machines without /dev/random out there ...). Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key ID: 0x8649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Dawn Landes: Kids In A Play
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