-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Russell Coker, in an immanent manifestation of deity, wrote: >It's been a while since the versioned Perl was introduced into potato, so I >tried removing the fake package perl-base. >Should I report bugs against bug, dpkg-perl, data-dumper, and tetex-base? Or >is it OK to depend on perl-base? > >**_ Req base perl-base Fake package assuring that one of the -base packa >**- Opt utils bug Bug Reporting Tool interfacing with the Bug Track >**- Std devel dpkg-perl Perl interface modules for dpkg >**- Opt base data-dumper Store and retrieve perl data structures >**- Std tex tetex-base basic teTeX library files
Yes, if they depend on perl-base, you should report a bug. But probably not for why you think. perl-base is an essential package and therefore *must* be present and therefore nothing should list it in a depends line. Darren - -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.daft.com/~torin> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Darren Stalder/2608 Second Ave, @282/Seattle, WA 98121-1212/USA/+1-800-921-4996 @ Sysadmin, webweaver, postmaster for hire. C/Perl/CGI/Pilot programmer/tutor @ @ Make a little hot-tub in your soul. @ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.1, an Emacs/PGP interface iQCVAwUBN+tq1o4wrq++1Ls5AQE+IQP8D3hNEHT5dfFUqiwiRA+OGRPpo+7s+Chr 1S8u9DsTyqJmV7SWn829DqmtonBtcvZ8zz4Y9p5d6gKlBqQ0E5Z+NGLK1HyoJxi9 lzPOhlY/OL87lD1TgeX8u+jwu5ue6XoQQ3beUl7Xxm6wkJbDIzwXMjYjMm7AivW3 pl0OIHeyZmI= =lvzI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
