Hi Filipus On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 02:10:38PM -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > Hi Ola, > I see. Please do not diminish the relationship to a recommendation. If > pptp-linux expects binutils, it needs to declare a dependency on it. > > I looked at the code. It does look like there's nothing pptpsetup can do > itself. I found an alternative for binutils strings in 9base, which is > much smaller, but also much less known. > Anyway, I think the good solution is to develop a proper way for pppd to > report what it supports and doesn't support. Using a strings-like tool > on the binary is inefficient and fragile.
Good suggestions. Patches are welcome :-) // Ola > On 2011-04-10 12:56, Ola Lundqvist wrote: >> Hi Filipus >> >> It is due to the pptpsetup program. See >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=587506 >> >> What I can do is to move it to a recommend. >> >> Best regards, >> >> // Ola >> >> On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 01:49:40PM -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote: >>> Package: pptp-linux >>> Version: 1.7.2-6 >>> Severity: wishlist >>> >>> I saw that pptp-linux depends on binutils, but I can't see a good reason >>> for that. Is it possible to get rid of that dependency? binutils is 11 >>> MB installed. > > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [email protected] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [email protected] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | http://inguza.com/ +46 (0)70-332 1551 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
