2011/2/13 Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org>: > On 11.02.2011 21:43, Ludovic Rousseau wrote: >> reassign 612842 wpasupplicant >> thank >> > > Hm, I don't see how libpcsclite1 depending on pcscd is a bug in wpasupplicant. > Could you elaborate?
wpasupplicant depends on libpcsclite1 to add support of smart cards. libpcsclite1 has dependencies on other packages, in particular indirectly on libhal. Adding smart card support has a (high) cost for every body, including the vast majority of wpasupplicant users with no smart card. The best solution is for spasupplicant to use the libpcsclite1 library only when needed/requested by the user. Use dlopen() instead of a direct link, and change the Depends: to a Suggests: instead. I proposed a patch [1] in Debian bug #531592 The wpasupplicant Debian packagers decided to completely remove smart card support [2]. I don't know if using dlopen() to add smart card support back is on the roadmap. Bye [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=10;filename=patch.txt;att=1;bug=531592 [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612715#25 -- Dr. Ludovic Rousseau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
