[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#612715: Bug#612971: Bug#612715: Bug#612715: wpasupplicant: Remove dep to libpcsclite1

[Luca Capello]

Hi there!

On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:43:29 +0100, Ludovic Rousseau wrote:
> Le 04/03/11 17:00, Luca Capello a écrit :
>> Which is the real culprit: why do libpcsclite1 depend on pcscd?  This is
>> #612971 (cc:ed), and I do not understand why it should be fixed on
>> wpasupplicant side.
>
> Previous versions libpcsclite1 (pre 1.6.0 versions) only had a
> Suggests: pcscd
>
> This has been changed to a Depends: in [1].
>
> [1]
> http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/collab-maint/deb-maint/pcsc-lite/trunk/debian/control?view=diff&r1=16127&r2=16128
>
>
> I think having a Recommends: instead of Depends: is the correct
> solution. The pcscd package will be installed automatically in most
> cases and can be removed if needed. The Depends: is too strong and not
> needed.

+1 :-)

>> And what if someone writes another daemon different than pcscd, but
>> still for PC/SC communication through libpcsclite1?
>
> pcscd and libpcsclite1 are two parts of the same project. The source
> package is pcsc-lite. They use an ad-hoc protocol to communicate. I do
> not think a concurrent libpcsclite1 will ever exist :-)

Yeah, my question above was a bit of un-realistic...

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca
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