Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal Hi!
Trying to see why some "unneeded" libraries where being installed by d-i (see the thread at http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2009/05/msg00533.html; probably reading the thread will explain more things that I will be able to write here), it was told to me that the right place to talk about this with the ftp-masters. What is happening is: doing a minimal install of Debian (without selecting "Standard system" nor anything else on tasksel), there are libs installed that don't have any reverse-dependencies. For example, on Lenny it's possible to see that libsasl2-2 and libgnutls26 don't have any packages on the system depending on them. (if both are uninstalled, them it's also possible to remove libgcrypt11, libtasn1-3 and libgpg-error0). Lenny has been released, so this won't be changed. But using a daily-built netinst image, there is still a list of "unneeded" packages: libconsole, libgnutls26, libsasl2-2 and libusb-1.0-0 Removing them we still have: libdb4.6, libgcrypt11, libasn1-3, libgpg-error0 It's possible to see this by installing a minimal system and running deborphan, for example. Shouldn't these packages have their priority fixed, so they won't get installed without being needed? Thank you very much! Best regards, Nelson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
