Drop dpkg-dev dependency
Bug #728424 reported by
Martin Pitt
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| dpkg-repack (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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| dpkg-repack (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Martin Pitt | ||
| Natty |
Fix Released
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High
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Martin Pitt | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: dpkg-repack
dpkg-repack currently depends on dpkg-dev, but does not need it. It only calls dpkg --build, which calls dpkg-deb -b, which is in dpkg itself. The dependency was added in 2004 because back then it used 822-date. These days it doesn't any more, and thus the dependency can go.
This caused our desktop CDs to grow by a magnitude of 10 MB, as this newly pulls in dpkg-dev, build-essential (by recommends), g++, etc.
Related branches
| Changed in dpkg-repack (Ubuntu Natty): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| milestone: | none → ubuntu-11.04-beta-1 |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| assignee: | nobody → Martin Pitt (pitti) |
| Changed in dpkg-repack (Debian): | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in dpkg-repack (Ubuntu Natty): | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
| Changed in dpkg-repack (Debian): | |
| status: | New → Fix Committed |
| Changed in dpkg-repack (Debian): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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This bug was fixed in the package dpkg-repack - 1.32ubuntu1
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dpkg-repack (1.32ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low
* debian/control: Drop dpkg-dev dependency. It's not needed and pulls
build-
Debian #616318)
-- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:43:51 +0100