Undeclared dependencies on menu

[Bob Hilliard <hilliard@flinet.com>]

     While testing the install disks v2.0.6, menu failed to install
due to unsatisfied dependencies.  (This is the subject of another
message). 

     Since menu was not configured, man-db, psmisc, bc, and dc could not
be configured because the postinst called update-menu, resulting in
the following error message:

: update-menus: error in loading shared libraries
: libstdc++.so.2.7.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
: directory

     None of these packages declare a dependency on menu.  I believe
that policy should require that a package must declare a dependency on
any non-required utility used by the maintainer scripts, or the
scripts should be designed not to fail if such a utility is not
available.  

     Should a bug be filed against these four packages?  I am sure
there are many other packages that use update-menu in their postinsts
and do not declare a dependency on menu.

Bob
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