tag 679087 + confirmed thanks Hi,
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:44 AM, Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: 0ad > Version: 0~r11863-2 > Severity: normal > > Hi! > > This package has a dependency on “libgamin0 | libfam0” and at the same > time another one on “gamin | fam”. libgamin0 already depends on gamin, > but not fam, and I'm wondering why the strong Depends, instead of say > a Recommends or a Suggests? > > Those daemons are used to track changes on the file system, why would > that be required to run the program? > IIRC, back when I prepared packages for 0ad's alpha 4 release, dpkg-shlibdeps would automatically add fam as one of 0ad's dependencies, so I ended up adding gamin as an alternative dependency. I'm not sure why that happened, nor if it still happens with my packaging now, but I'll try removing the gamin | fam dependency in my next upload and see if this is still a problem. There's work being done upstream to replace 0ad's usage of fam/gamin with inotify instead [1], so this bug may become a non-issue in a future release. Regards, Vincent [1] http://trac.wildfiregames.com/ticket/1316 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org