tags 639149 + patch
thanks
On 2011-08-24 18:22 +0200, Joey Hess wrote:
> Package: libtext-iconv-perl
> Version: 1.7-4
> Severity: normal
>
> This is a dependency of debconf-i18n, so its new dependency on perl,
> rather than perl-base, bloats the base system with perl.
>
> I don't know why that change was made; there is no indication in the
> changelog.
Seems to be caused by the packaging revamp, especially by adding
${perl:Depends} to libtext-iconv-perl's dependencies.
> It should be un-made; if something from perl is actually
> needed, it should be put into perl-base.
>From a quick check it seems that libtext-iconv-perl requires
Exporter, DynaLoader and AutoLoader which are all in perl-base.
Using "dh_perl -d" avoids the perl dependency:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
diff -Nru libtext-iconv-perl-1.7/debian/rules
libtext-iconv-perl-1.7/debian/rules
--- libtext-iconv-perl-1.7/debian/rules 2011-07-17 05:20:37.000000000 +0200
+++ libtext-iconv-perl-1.7/debian/rules 2011-08-24 18:39:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@
%:
dh $@
+
+override_dh_perl:
+ dh_perl -d
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Cheers,
Sven
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