[DEP-BLOAT] 'bind' requires 'perl'
Martin Stransky
stransky at redhat.com
Thu Dec 21 16:36:10 UTC 2006
> * rewrite namedGetForwarders in a programming language or in shell
IMHO this is the best one. If you rewrite it to any other language I'll
use it.
Martin
Enrico Scholz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> the 'bind' package has a dependency on 'perl'. This huge dependency is
> introduced by a single '/usr/sbin/namedGetForwarders' script which is
> not needed for most setups. Because none of bind's base-dependencies
> requires 'perl' and 'namedGetForwarders' is not part of bind's core
> functionality this dependency must vanish.
>
> Possible solutions:
>
> * move this stuff into an own subpackage (e.g. -dbus-tools)
> * rewrite namedGetForwarders in a programming language or in shell
>
> [Bug #176100]
>
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>
> Enrico
>
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