Bug#496915: Modifications related to GSoC project PamNssInstaller
Thank you for the feedback.
[Aurelien Jarno]
> Like any wishlist bug this bug will stay out of the radar until we
> have some more manpower.
>
> I haven't tested the patch, but the main problem I see is that this
> is a perl script. We certainly don't want to make libc6 or libc-bin
> depends on perl, which will introduce another dependency loop. Also
> it's probably not a good choice while people are trying to remove
> the usage of perl in the base system.
Perhaps it is better to move this feature to a separate package, like
the update-inetd package? Seem a bit overkill to create a new package
for a simple perl script, but it might be the best way to do this.
Happy hacking,
--
Petter Reinholdtsen
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