On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 07:05:44PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Jakob Bohm wrote: > > Note that only a few packages will need these dependencies, > > unlike libc6. Specifically, these packages will be needed by a > > subset of the packages that currently Depends: adduser . > > You have to depend on adduser? > > Oops. > > Adjust your numers accordingly. :-) >
Hmm, I thought they would have to, as adduser is not an Essential package. However, the main point is, that unlike libc6, the number of packages that need to add system users or groups at install time, can be reasonably expected to be a relatively small subset of the entire package pool. I don't have a local Debian mirror, so I do not have the ability to compute statistics based on things not found in the Packages and Contents files, however amongst packages installed on one of my systems, I find the following: apache-ssl Oops, no dependency on adduser dictd Oops, no dependency on adduser gdm Does Depends: adduser ssh Does Depends: adduser That is 4 out of 840 installed packages (this is a woody system, mostly desktop and development). So, rough guess is twice as few packages involved. Jakob -- This message is hastily written, please ignore any unpleasant wordings, do not consider it a binding commitment, even if its phrasing may indicate so. Its contents may be deliberately or accidentally untrue. Trademarks and other things belong to their owners, if any.
