Re: linux-base : indirectly missing perl dependency?
Andy wrote:
>
>On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 12:28:46PM +0000, Matthew Lear wrote:
>> Should I raise this as a bug against linux-base? It seems reasonable. If
>> not, which package would be appropriate?
>
>I think it's reasonable to ask the maintainers of linux-base (by way of
>a bug report) if there should be an explicit dependency there, but
>perl-base is of "required" priority so it's normally expected to be
>there.
>
>I am not sure what Debian policy is in this regard â?? perhaps someone
>more knowledgeable will chime in â?? but possibly packages are not
>expected to declare such dependencies and you may be told that you are
>doing something out of the ordinary (wontfix/notabug).
Exactly. Priority: required packages are deliberately left out of
explicit dependencies, that's the whole point.
Matthew: if you're doing a custom chroot you need to be aware of
this. It's up to you to install the minimum dependencies. Check the
behaviour of debootstrap for examples here.
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