Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote:

> Thanks for fixing #637579 so fast!  However, I think this needs to be
> accompanied by adding a dependency on the xz binary, to be found in the
> xz-utils package.
> 
> While xz-utils is currently automatically installed because dpkg
> Pre-Depends on it, this is an implementation detail that may change at
> any time, and xz-utils will probably not become essential themselves in
> the near future.
> 
> Filing as minor for now, but will increase the severity should dpkg drop
> its xz-utils dependency.

Thanks for the heads-up... Yeah, I had assumed that if packages can be
compressed that way, that the decompressor would be automatically
installed.

Peter



-- 
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Reply via email to