Bug#301345: debian-cd: depends on netpbm and syslinux
|--== Steve McIntyre writes: SM [1 text/plain; us-ascii (quoted-printable)] SM On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 10:39:19AM +0100, Free Ekanayaka wrote: Package: debian-cd Version: 2.2.21 Severity: important Hi, I'm using the CVS version of debian-cd. The following programs are used by the boot-i386 script: pngtopnm ppmquant ppmtolss16 the first two belonging to the netpbm package while the last to the syslinux one. However debian-cd does not depends on either netpbm or syslinux. SM Standard policy in debian-cd so far has been to just Recommend: or SM Suggest: most things. But syslinux and netpbm are not listed there SM either... :-) SM I'm actually tempted to upgrade most of the suggested / recommended SM stuff to direct Depends: in fact, as otherwise it's very possible to SM waste hours trying to build CDs and DVDs that just don't work. Yes, moreover those packages should be tiny ones. Cheers, Free -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#301345: debian-cd: depends on netpbm and syslinux
Package: debian-cd Version: 2.2.21 Severity: important Hi, I'm using the CVS version of debian-cd. The following programs are used by the boot-i386 script: pngtopnm ppmquant ppmtolss16 the first two belonging to the netpbm package while the last to the syslinux one. However debian-cd does not depends on either netpbm or syslinux. Cheers, Free -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (101, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-386 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages debian-cd depends on: ii apt 0.5.28.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii apt-utils 0.5.28.1 APT utility programs ii bc1.06-15The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal ii cpp 4:3.3.5-1 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp) ii debootstrap 0.2.45-0.2 Bootstrap a basic Debian system ii grep-dctrl2.1.8 Grep Debian package information ii lynx 2.8.5-2Text-mode WWW Browser ii make 3.80-9 The GNU version of the make util ii mkisofs 4:2.01+01a01-2 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem ii perl [libdigest-md5-perl] 5.8.4-8Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sysutils 1.3.8.5.1 Miscellaneous small system utiliti -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
