Package: apticron Version: 1.1.61 Dear maintainer:
After installing apticron I got a lot of unwanted dependencies. This is because apticron depend on "mailx" which is purely virtual, and apt choose mailutils and all its dependencies. For a simple notification tool like this, bsd-mailx is more than enough. Suggested patch below. Thanks. --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Vcs-Git: git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/apticron.git Package: apticron Architecture: all Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2) -Depends: mailx, apt (>= 1.1~exp9), ucf (>= 0.28), cron | cron-daemon, bzip2, ${misc:Depends} +Depends: bsd-mailx | mailx, apt (>= 1.1~exp9), ucf (>= 0.28), cron | cron-daemon, bzip2, ${misc:Depends} Recommends: apt-listchanges, iproute2 Description: Simple tool to mail about pending package updates Apticron is a simple script which sends daily emails about pending package