[Pkg-mc-devel] Bug#494550: mc: vfs script depend on mawk, but mc doesn't even recommend it

[Michelle Konzack]

Am 2008-08-10 17:05:16, schrieb Ji??í Pale??ek:
> Package: mc
> Version: 2:4.6.2~git20080311-2+b1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I get errors like "mawk not found" from mc vfs scripts (eg. when 
> opening a  
> rar archive in mc). Indeed:
<snip>
> I think that if the scripts depend specifically on mawk, mc should at leas  
> recommend it. Even better, if this dependency is not crucial (ie. the  
> scripts work with gawk, too), they should be changed not to require mawk.

Do you know, that "mawk" is a package "required"?  "mc" must not  depend
on a package which has priority "essentiel" or "reqiored".

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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