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Package: netbase
Version: 4.21
This package depends, among others, on: netkit-inetd, tcpd, iputils-ping |
ping
inetd seems not to be referenced in any of netbase files
(except /usr/sbin/update-inetd, but it can be moved to netkit-inetd
package I think, and dependency on netkit-inetd removed, or maybe put to
Recommends: ...)
The same for tcpd - it doesn't seem to be used by netbase in any way, so I
wonder why it is here.
So there are two dependencies (tcpd, netkin-inetd) that are unnecessary.
It seems that even if someone want to install some inetd replacement (like
xinetd), the dependency on netkin-inetd still remain and it cannot be
removed.
Also I doubt the ping is really needed (thought it is almost essential to
have, you can have working network even without it) - maybe put that in
Recommends: too ...
I found this bug when trying to remove tcpd and inetd (since nothing on my
system use these two daemons) but I was unable due to this dependency
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There are already three other bugs about this, so I am closing it.
The plan to remove unneeded dependencies has been discussed on
debian-devel and will be implemented fully in etch+1.
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ciao,
Marco
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