Re: Perl essential ?
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 13:37:00 +0000, Jules Bean <jules@jellybean.co.uk>
wrote:
>On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 02:31:13PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
>> On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 20:22:25 +1100, Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
>> wrote:
>> >Well, better watch out because it seems python will become essential
>> >soon too.
>>
>> Will it? What package is going to depend on Python? I see serious
>> bloat alert.
>
>dpkg-dev
I fail to follow you here. Why does dpkg-dev depending on python make
python an Essential: yes package? dpkg-dev is installed on development
machines only. If you have build-essential installed, you don't worry
about a lightweight system.
Greetings
Marc
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