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 Martin Petricek GPG/PGP Public key: http://www.petricek.net/petricm.pgp Fingerprint 6AA8 FFCE C061 1CB2 55F0 A1F3 3AA9 EB4F BD50 C1B8 /------------------------------------------------------------\ | WWW: http://www.petricek.net/ | \------------------------------------------------------------/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
