]] Alex Vanderpol 

> (I have to wonder now, though... if that package is necessary to make
> things work properly, why isn't a dependency of the package?)

Because it's not always needed, hence fits the definition of a
Recommends perfectly:

  This declares a strong, but not absolute, dependency.

  The Recommends field should list packages that would be found together
  with this one in all but unusual installations.

-- 
Tollef Fog Heen
UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are


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