Bug#488237: lsb-base: useless package dependencies

2012-03-05 Thread Didier Raboud
Le lundi, 5 mars 2012 21.39:51, Matt Taggart a écrit : > Having the explicit dependencies on essential packages was still sort of > useful to demonstrate what packages provided the LSB components. Also > without them suppose an unlisted dependency becomes no longer essential > then that will introd

Bug#488237: lsb-base: useless package dependencies

2012-03-05 Thread Matt Taggart
Having the explicit dependencies on essential packages was still sort of useful to demonstrate what packages provided the LSB components. Also without them suppose an unlisted dependency becomes no longer essential then that will introduce a bug in the LSB support. Long ago there existed a docu

Bug#488237: lsb-base: useless package dependencies

2009-06-27 Thread Justin B Rye
severity 488237 minor # Policy 3.5 "should not", so more than wishlist thanks Followup-For: Bug #488237 As I reported one year ago: > # Depends: sed, ncurses-bin I left it at wishlist then since Lenny was just beginning to go into freeze, but depending on Essential packages is prohibited by Poli

Bug#488237: lsb-base: useless package dependencies

2008-06-27 Thread Justin B Rye
Package: lsb-base Version: 3.2-12 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch In the control file: # Package: lsb-base [...] # Depends: sed, ncurses-bin # Replaces: lsb-core (<< 2.0-6), lsb (<< 2.0-6) # Conflicts: lsb-core (<< 2.0-6), lsb (<< 2.0-6) "Depends: sed, ncurses-bin" achieves nothing, since both pa