On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 06:17:34AM +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > Package: ntp > Version: 1:4.2.2.p4+dfsg-2 > > Hi, > > I've just spent some time trying to install a reasonably minimal > Debian system on a router. To my dismay, there was no way I could get > rid of Perl, as the NTP daemon depends on it. > > This dependency is not necessary, as the daemon itself doesn't need > perl -- it's only the accompanying scripts that do. > > Please change the ``Depends: perl'' to a Suggests (or perhaps a Recommends).
Since the scripts that go with it do require perl, we can't just change this. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
