Bug#463141: Package 'apt' dependency on package 'findutils' not documented.

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Package: apt
Version: 0.6.46.4-0.1

The package 'apt' provides cron script /etc/cron.daily/apt which uses 
find() and xargs().  The executables find() and xargs() are provided 
by package 'findutils'.  The dependency of package 'apt' on package 
'findutils' is not listed in the Debian control file for 'find'.

$ more /etc/cron.daily/apt | grep 'find'
        find $Cache -name "*.deb"  \( -mtime +$MaxAge -and -ctime 
+$MaxAge \) -and -not \( -mtime -$MinAge -or -ctime -$MinAge \) 
-print0 | xargs -r -0 rm -f
        find $Cache -name "*.deb"  -ctime +$MaxAge -and -mtime 
+$MaxAge -print0 | xargs -r -0 rm -f

$ more /etc/cron.daily/apt | grep 'xargs'
        find $Cache -name "*.deb"  \( -mtime +$MaxAge -and -ctime 
+$MaxAge \) -and -not \( -mtime -$MinAge -or -ctime -$MinAge \) 
-print0 | xargs -r -0 rm -f
        find $Cache -name "*.deb"  -ctime +$MaxAge -and -mtime 
+$MaxAge -print0 | xargs -r -0 rm -f

$ dpkg -S /etc/cron.daily/apt
apt: /etc/cron.daily/apt

$ apt-cache depends apt
apt
  Depends: libc6
  Depends: libgcc1
  Depends: libstdc++6
  Depends: debian-archive-keyring
 |Suggests: aptitude
 |Suggests: synaptic
 |Suggests: gnome-apt
  Suggests: wajig
  Suggests: dpkg-dev
  Suggests: apt-doc
  Suggests: bzip2
  Replaces: libapt-pkg-doc
  Replaces: libapt-pkg-dev

I suggest including package 'findutils' among the packages upon which 
'apt' depends.

I am using Debian GNU/Linux 4.1.1-21, kernel 
linux-image-2.6.18-5-686, and libc6 version 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2.

- Amos Statter