Public bug reported: I think dctrl-tools should be a dependency of debian-goodies, not just a recommended package.
$ sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends debian-goodies Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: konqueror libgnome2-bin Recommended packages: dctrl-tools elfutils libipc-system-simple-perl libfile-which-perl popularity-contest The following NEW packages will be installed: debian-goodies 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 69.6 kB of archives. After this operation, 222 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 debian-goodies all 0.84 [69.6 kB] Fetched 69.6 kB in 0s (1,131 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package debian-goodies. (Reading database ... 138758 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../debian-goodies_0.84_all.deb ... Unpacking debian-goodies (0.84) ... Setting up debian-goodies (0.84) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ... $ dpigs /usr/bin/dpigs: 91: grep-status: not found grep-status is part of dctrl-tools, and when I install dctrl-tools, dpigs works fine. I'm using Ubuntu 20.04. ** Affects: debian-goodies (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: I think dctrl-tools should be a dependency of debian-goodies, not just a recommended package. $ sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends debian-goodies Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: - konqueror libgnome2-bin + konqueror libgnome2-bin Recommended packages: - dctrl-tools elfutils libipc-system-simple-perl libfile-which-perl popularity-contest + dctrl-tools elfutils libipc-system-simple-perl libfile-which-perl popularity-contest The following NEW packages will be installed: - debian-goodies + debian-goodies 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 69.6 kB of archives. After this operation, 222 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 debian-goodies all 0.84 [69.6 kB] Fetched 69.6 kB in 0s (1,131 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package debian-goodies. (Reading database ... 138758 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../debian-goodies_0.84_all.deb ... Unpacking debian-goodies (0.84) ... Setting up debian-goodies (0.84) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ... $ dpigs /usr/bin/dpigs: 91: grep-status: not found grep-status is part of dctrl-tools, and when I install dctrl-tools, dpigs works fine. + + I'm using Ubuntu 20.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1888280 Title: dctrl-tools should be dependency of debian-goodies To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-goodies/+bug/1888280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
