Bug#60253: More clearly

[Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>]

On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 10:27:42PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > > Depends on 'ed' because it's used in various scripts.  (Read
> > > /usr/sbin/texconfig.)
> > 
> > Well, okay, but can't another utility be used for those purposes? Not that
> > ed is large or bad, it's just not Essential: yes so the dependency seems
> > redundant, having sed or grep.
> 
> Try rewriting the ed command in setup_dvips_paper using sed or grep ;-)

I might... one day. :o) In the meantime, never mind, thanks for the
explanations.

> Besides, why rewrite working upstream code?

To remove the dependency on non-essential packages? :)

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