Bug#780994: flash-kernel: Missing dependency on u-boot-tools fails initramfs-tools to fail

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

* Ian Campbell <ijc@debian.org> [2015-03-24 10:11]:
> > To be honest, why not just use the packaging system metadata and stop
> > trying to reinvent it badly? We've had bugs like this reported for
> > ages, and it's not doing our users any favours. Just add it as a
> > Recommends and be done. It's not like the u-boot-tools package is huge
> > or brings in a lot of other dependencies anyway...
> 
> TBH I was moistly just following the lead of whoever did it that way
> originally. I think you've convinced me to make it at least a
> Recommends.

I think a Recommends would be fine.

IIRC when flash-kernel was created few systems needed u-boot-tools
but nowadays most do.

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Martin Michlmayr
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