On Mon, 2017-10-02 at 06:57 -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 11:50:37AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Mon, 2017-10-02 at 06:27 -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 11:03:18AM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > > > This is a fair point, but I think the perfect is the enemy of > > > > the good. > > > > > > > > I agree that moving badblocks, lsattr and chattr to another > > > > package or > > > > inside src:util-linux is something worth to consider. Yet, it > > > > feels like > > > > a secondary thought to me. It is not something I will drive. > > > > > > It seems far easier to move them before explicitly dependencies > > > are added, > > > rather than after, no? > > > > Perhaps `Provides: ` would be an appropriate stop-gap? > > I'm honestly not sure what you're suggesting would provide what.
The e2fsprogs package could "Provides: lsattr", then users can "Depends: lsattr" instead of "Depends: e2fsprogs". At a later date if/when lsattr is split out into its own package then the dependencies do not need updating a second time. Ian.
