Your message dated Sat, 13 Aug 2016 18:21:53 +0200
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and subject line Re: [Letsencrypt-devel] Bug#834224: certbot cron job depends 
on perl, change to python as certbot depends on python
has caused the Debian Bug report #834224,
regarding certbot cron job depends on perl, change to python as certbot depends 
on python
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Package: certbot
Version: 0.8.1-2~bpo8+1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

the package certbot depends only on python, but the included cron job uses perl 
to choose a random second within the hour.
Please change the cron job to use python instead of perl, otherwise add perl as 
a dependency (which looks like overkill to me).

Kind regards
Matthias Bücher

https://docs.python.org/2/library/time.html#time.sleep
https://docs.python.org/2/library/random.html#random.randint

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.5
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages certbot depends on:
ii  dialog          1.2-20140911-1
ii  python          2.7.9-1
ii  python-certbot  0.8.1-2~bpo8+1
pn  python:any      <none>

certbot recommends no packages.

Versions of packages certbot suggests:
pn  python-certbot-apache  <none>
pn  python-certbot-doc     <none>

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/cron.d/certbot changed [not included]

-- no debconf information

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--- Begin Message ---
Hi Matthias,

thanks for caring.

M. Buecher wrote:
> the package certbot depends only on python, but the included cron
> job uses perl to choose a random second within the hour.

Yes, that correct.

> Please change the cron job to use python instead of perl,

This is not necessary as there is no gain:

> otherwise add perl as a dependency (which looks like overkill to
> me).

The cron job only uses perl-internal fuctions (i.e. doesn't need any
per modules) and these are covered by the perl-base package -- which
contains /usr/bin/perl, is essential and hence installed on _every_
Debian installation and packages using it don't need to depend on it
as with any other essential package, too.

So there's neither a dependency missing nor can you can rid of perl
that way. Hence closing the bug report.

                Regards, Axel
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