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Re: new dpkg release, 1.6.5.1, contains 1-line patch for thinko in 1.6.5



Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> writes:

> --- dpkg-1.6.5/debian/control	Fri Dec 24 19:52:56 1999
> +++ dpkg-1.6.5.1/debian/control	Tue Dec 28 16:42:05 1999
> @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
>  Section: devel
>  Priority: important
>  Architecture: all
> -Depends: perl5, cpio (>= 2.4.2-2), patch (>= 2.2-1), make
> +Depends: perl5, cpio (>= 2.4.2-2), patch (>= 2.2-1), make, dpkg
>  Recommends: c-compiler
>  Suggests: gnupg, debian-keyring
>  Conflicts: dpkgname
> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
>  Section: doc
>  Priority: extra
>  Architecture: all
> +Depends: dpkg
>  Replaces: dpkg-dev (<<1.4.1.19)
>  Description: Dpkg Internals Documentation

Why?  dpkg is Essential.  Packages do not need to declare unversioned
dependencies on Essential packages.

-- 
James


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