On 2008-08-29 01:58 +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2008-08-10 17:05:16, schrieb Ji??í Pale??ek: >> Package: mc >> Version: 2:4.6.2~git20080311-2+b1 >> Severity: normal >> >> Hello, >> >> I get errors like "mawk not found" from mc vfs scripts (eg. when >> opening a >> rar archive in mc). Indeed: > <snip> >> I think that if the scripts depend specifically on mawk, mc should at leas >> recommend it. Even better, if this dependency is not crucial (ie. the >> scripts work with gawk, too), they should be changed not to require mawk. > > Do you know, that "mawk" is a package "required"? "mc" must not depend > on a package which has priority "essentiel" or "reqiored".
Are you aware of the difference between "essential" and "required"? Users are free to drop mawk in favor of gawk or another awk implementation, thus packages that specifically need mawk rather than awk still must depend on it. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
