Bug#416875: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#416875: NTP depends on Perl

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 06:17:34AM +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:
> Package: ntp
> Version: 1:4.2.2.p4+dfsg-2
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've just spent some time trying to install a reasonably minimal
> Debian system on a router.  To my dismay, there was no way I could get
> rid of Perl, as the NTP daemon depends on it.
> 
> This dependency is not necessary, as the daemon itself doesn't need
> perl -- it's only the accompanying scripts that do.
> 
> Please change the ``Depends: perl'' to a Suggests (or perhaps a Recommends).

Since the scripts that go with it do require perl, we can't just 
change this.


Kurt