On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 11:42 +0000, Emil Sit wrote: > I think the current error message could be a bit friendlier though > arguably anyone using git clone can probably figure out that if you're > missing curl, you need to install it.
That's not a reason to keep it broken. I have never liked having to 'sudo apt-get' more than once to have a package be _functional_. Fact is, git-clone uses curl. The dependency is added for a reason (and one which is very easily verifiable). If the dependency were not needed, I would argue that this bug would be invalid. If I _have_ to 'sudo apt-get' something _else_, just so that the package I originally installed works, this is a broken dependency, not merely "Oh, you didn't install the suggests." (If I installed the Suggests: or the Recommends: for every package on my system, I'd probably have the entire archive installed.) In this case, git-clone is _broken_ without curl installed. It needs to be there. Is there any more proof than that necessary? -- Michael B. Trausch [EMAIL PROTECTED] home: 404-592-5746, 1 www.trausch.us cell: 678-522-7934 im: [EMAIL PROTECTED], jabber Ubuntu Unofficial Backports Project: http://backports.trausch.us/ ** Attachment added: "unnamed" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13463564/unnamed -- git-core requires curl but doesn't download it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/52711 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
