[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#693224: dovecot-core - Needs Getopt/Std.pm

[Julien Cristau]

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 14:06:39 -0500, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:

> reassign 693224 ntp
> retitle 693224 ntp-wait - Needs Getopt/Std.pm
> thanks
> 
> 
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2012, Bastian Blank wrote:
> 
> >Package: dovecot-core
> >Version: 1:2.1.7-2
> >Severity: serious
> >
> >The dovecot init script needs Getopt/Std.pm but there is no dependency.
> >
> >| [....] Starting IMAP/POP3 mail server: dovecotCan't locate Getopt/Std.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.14.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.14 /usr/share/perl/5.14 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/sbin/ntp-wait line 5.
> >| BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/ntp-wait line 5.
> >| . ok
> >
> >Bastian
> 
> The script calls ntp-wait which is the one that actually needs Getopt::Std
> 
The ntp package provides more than just that one script.  The rest
doesn't need perl, so I would argue it's ok for ntp to not depend on
perl, and the bug here is in dovecot.

Cheers,
Julien