Package: samba Version: 3.0.24-6etch6 Severity: normal When I attempt to install samba on this server, I am greeted with:
The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: libcompress-zlib-perl libconvert-asn1-perl libcrypt-smbhash-perl libcupsys2 libdigest-md4-perl libdigest-sha1-perl libfont-afm-perl libhtml-format-perl libhtml-parser-perl libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-tree-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl libjcode-pm-perl libmailtools-perl libnet-ldap-perl libnet-ssleay-perl libtimedate-perl libunicode-map-perl libunicode-map8-perl libunicode-maputf8-perl libunicode-string-perl liburi-perl libwww-perl samba-common smbldap-tools That seems like an excessive set of packages to install; it seems that the large number of perl packages is a result of the Recommends on smbldap-tools. Given that Recommends is supposed to indicate "packages that would be found together with this one in all but unusual installations" (policy section 7.2), and the vast majority of samba installations will not involve LDAP, it seems wrong to install 23 unnecessary packages when all I really need is samba, libcupsys2, and samba-common. Thanks. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-k7 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages samba depends on: ii debconf 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy ii libacl1 2.2.41-1 Access control list shared library ii libattr1 2.4.32-1 Extended attribute shared library ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcomer 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2 common error description library ii libcupsy 1.2.7-4etch1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - ii libgnutl 1.4.4-3 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr ii libkrb53 1.4.4-7etch4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries ii libldap2 2.1.30-13.3 OpenLDAP libraries ii libpam-m 0.79-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam-r 0.79-4 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 0.79-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libpopt0 1.10-3 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii logrotat 3.7.1-3 Log rotation utility ii lsb-base 3.1-23.2etch1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip ii netbase 4.29 Basic TCP/IP networking system ii procps 1:3.2.7-3 /proc file system utilities ii samba-co 3.0.24-6etch6 Samba common files used by both th ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime Versions of packages samba recommends: pn smbldap-tools <none> (no description available) -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
