I wonder if the gettext binary package should instead be split. Perhaps gettext-runtime (M-A: same) should provide the libraries, gettext-tools (M-A: foreign) should provide the tools, and gettext should be a metapackage that depends on both of the former packages?
Steve, is there any particular reason you didn't go this route for Ubuntu? -- P. J. McDermott (_/@\_) ,--. http://www.pehjota.net/ o < o o > / oo \ http://www.pehjota.net/contact.html o \ `-/ | <> |. o o o "~v /_\--/_/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org