Package: syslinux
Version: 2:4.04+dfsg-4
Bug #265275 reported that syslinux(1) does not work at all in the absence
of the mtools package, but a strict dependency was rejected at that time
due to fear of bloat given that the syslinux package at that time
installed shared data files. Current syslinux has a separate
syslinux-common package for these data files, but mtools is now only a
Suggests (!).
syslinux(1) remains entirely unusable in the absence of mtools, and the
syslinux package currently only contains four binaries and no data files,
so the "don't bloat a data files package" argument no longer holds.
Please upgrade mtools to a full dependency or at least a recommends.
-Ben Kaduk
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