Bug#382681: [Pkg-ltsp-devel] Re: Bug #382681: ltsp-server: Dependency on netkit-inetd must be removed

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Roger Leigh]
> I'm not familiar with the specifics of ltsp.  Why does a package
> which is provided for etch (ltsp-server) also have to satisfy its
> dependencies for sarge?

It does not have to.  We choose to make it work with both sarge and
etch, to allow those of us providing a custom debian distribution to
use the same package in both the sarge and etch based versions of our
CDD.

>> It would be better for ltsp if netbase stopped depending on inetd, as
>> ltsp do not need inetd, and would like to avoid pulling in unused
>> binaries in the boot environment.
> 
> Are we talking about the ltsp server or client here?

Here I am talking about the client.  It tend to me short on memory and
disk space, and have no use for inetd.

>> Please change netbase to not depend on inetd.
> 
> This is due to happen after the release of etch.

Great.

> I'm not totally sure I understand the reason for the current
> 
> openbsd-inetd | netkit-inetd
> 
> dependency, as I explained above.  If you could clarify the situation,
> I would be very grateful.

If I recall this correctly, it is because debootstrap in sarge insist
on installing netkid-inetd, and we want openbsd-inetd because it do
not start if no services is defined in /etc/inetd.conf and thus save
some memory on the client.

Friendly,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen