Bug#463141: marked as done (Package 'apt' dependency on package 'findutils' not documented.)
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and subject line 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
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Hi,
On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 12:56 -0600, Web Communicator wrote:
> 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'.
No dependency on findutils is required, as it's essential:
Package: findutils
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: utils
Debian policy section 3.5 states, in part:
Packages are not required to declare any dependencies they have on
other packages which are marked `Essential' (see below), and should
not do so unless they depend on a particular version of that
package.[1]
Adding a dependency on findutils would violate that "should not", which
would constitute a bug in its own right. On that basis, I'm closing this
bug.
Regards,
Adam
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