Bug#499848: Please revert the dependcies on {mtools,dosfstools}

[shaul Karl]

--- On Tue, 9/23/08, Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Bug#499848: Please revert the dependcies on {mtools,dosfstools}
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 8:33 AM
> shaul Karl wrote:
> > Therefore, why force everyone to
> > install packages that they don't use?
> 
> if you install syslinux, rather than syslinux-common, then
> you *will* use mtools/dosfstools; otherwise you would have just
> installed syslinux-common.


I am using extlinux, which is why I don't need mtools/dosfstools.
People who use syslinux, or the other variants, where mtools/dosfstools
are useble, probably are ware of that, and don't use mtools/dosfstools
only because of syslinux.


> please read the package descriptions of syslinux and
> syslinux-common.
> 
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Bug#499848: Please revert the dependcies on {mtools,dosfstools}

[shaul Karl]

Package: syslinux
Version: 3.71+dfsg-5
Severity: wishlist

Up to 3.71+dfsg-3 there were no dependencies on {mtools,dosfstools}.
Since {mtools,dosfstools} are utilities, it is likely that whoever
needs it will know to install it. Therefore, why force everyone to
install packages that they don't use?




  



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