Re: Bug#24480: apt: Missing dependencies
On 16 Jul 1998, John Goerzen wrote:
> > > The same goes for libwww-perl (and libnet-ftp if memory serves).
> >
> > It only recommends these packages because users of http do not require
> > them at all. It should print out a nice message that the package is needed
> > and not blow up like you show below.
>
> Why would users of FTP require libwww-perl but users of http do not?
>
> This somehow doesn't make sense.
http is written in C it requires no perl libraries. There is a new ftp
method that is also written in C that hopefully will be in the next
release, it should close many of the current perl bugs in the ftp method..
Jason
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