gwhois depends on inetd
Bug #309803 reported by
Hadmut Danisch
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gwhois (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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gwhois (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gwhois
Hi,
the gwhois package depends on openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver, and installs gwhois as a whois server.
But gwhois is not just a server, it is a client as well. If you want to use it just as a client, the package forces you to use it as a server as well and to have an inetd, even if you don't want and need it (e.g. for security reasons).
So it should be possible to install gwhois without using it as a daemon and without inetd.
regads
Changed in gwhois: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in gwhois (Debian): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
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Dropped the Depends on both of the mentioned packages to Recommends, though is this the ideal solution? The package itself looks to be just a single combined client-server script, so I guess it can't really be separated.