Public bug reported:
As far as I found the changelog https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ucf/3.0044
this might be required as all I can find there is:
- add missing Depends: procps, ${perl:Depends}
So if there is a real dependency it can't just be dropped.
But maybe whatever depends on it can be isolated and separated?
Because as-is what I see is that minimal images change from
Old:
root@o-min:~# dpkg -l | grep perl
ii liblocale-gettext-perl 1.07-7 amd64
module using libc functions for internationalization in Perl
ii perl-base 5.38.2-5 amd64
minimal Perl system
New
root@p-min:~# dpkg -l | grep perl
ii liblocale-gettext-perl 1.07-7build1 amd64
module using libc functions for internationalization in Perl
ii libperl5.40:amd64 5.40.0-8 amd64
shared Perl library
ii perl 5.40.0-8 amd64
Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language
ii perl-base 5.40.0-8 amd64
minimal Perl system
ii perl-modules-5.40 5.40.0-8 all
Core Perl modules
And due to that gain extra content due to perl being installed.
Biggest chunks I've found are:
- /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl with 26 mb
- /usr/share/perl/5.40.0 with 23 mb
Nothing changed other than the former missing dependency.
In particular I see one binary in old and nw:
file $(dpkg -L ucf | xargs) | grep -i perl
/usr/bin/ucfq: Perl
script text executable
But afaics in a trivial test this works fine in Oracular which only has
ii perl-base 5.38.2-5
amd64 minimal Perl system
root@o-min:~# ucfq /usr/bin/file
Configuration file Package Exists Changed
/usr/bin/file Yes
root@o-min:~# ucfq --help
Usage: ucfq [options]
Author: Manoj Srivastava <[email protected]>
where options are:
--help This message.
--debug Turn on debugging mode.
--verbose Make the script more verbose.
--with-colons A compact, machine readable version of the output.
--state-dir </path/> Set the state directory to /path/ instead of the
default /var/lib/ucf.
Could we maybe make it depend on | perl-base or any such?
** Affects: ucf (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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New perl dependency in UCF increases minimal image by >10%
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