Package: vrms Version: 1.10 Severity: serious Justification: package is uninstallable (unless you happen to have perl)
vrms has no explicit dependencies, but it seems it tries to use the module diagnostics.pm, which is not included perl-base, so a dependency on perl would seem to be in order (or else the code might have to be modified). Without this dependency, if you don't happen to already have perl (and not just perl-base) installed, installation fails, as shown by the piuparts log file snippet below. This is admittedly an unusual scenario, but it is possible, and violates a release criterion (see http://release.debian.org/etch_rc_policy.txt, point 2, "Dependencies"). 0m9.3s ERROR: Command failed (status=25600): "chroot /tmp/tmpak7UFJ apt-get -y install 'vrms'" Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... The following NEW packages will be installed: vrms 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 9792B of archives. After unpacking 94.2kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://liw.iki.fi sid/main vrms 1.10 [9792B] Fetched 9792B in 0s (234kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package vrms. (Reading database ... 7550 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking vrms (from .../apt/archives/vrms_1.10_all.deb) ... Setting up vrms (1.10) ... An invocation of vrms has been added to the set of cron jobs run on a monthly basis, so that you will get a periodic reminder of non-free packages which are installed on your system. Here is the current list: Can't locate diagnostics.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.7 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/bin/vrms line 4. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/vrms line 4. dpkg: error processing vrms (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: vrms E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- You need fewer comments, if you choose your names carefully. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
