Public bug reported:
libsnmp-base is installed by default (required by hplip, which ubuntu-
desktop recommends) and depends on gawk. But the base system already
has an awk implementation (mawk) and nowhere in this package is gawk
specifically required - only generic "awk" is ever used. (Actually,
it's not clear to me that awk is even a run-time requirement - it only
seems to be used in build scripts, but I could be overlooking
something.)
There's no need for Ubuntu to ship two versions of awk by default. If
the package doesn't need any specific gawk features, please remove the
dependency.
** Affects: net-snmp (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: net-snmp (Debian)
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #557186
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=557186
** Also affects: net-snmp (Debian) via
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=557186
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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[libsnmp-base] unnecessary dependency on gawk
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/567538
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