does mc really require perl*?

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 08:25:59AM +0200, Dan Horák wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Sep 2013 20:27:09 -0400
> Felix Miata <mrmazda at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> > I did a TC5 minimal install last night, which omitted mc, my most
> > used cmdline tool. So:
> > 
> > # yum install mc
> > ... installing for dependencies:
> > gpm-libs (which I never ever use)
> > perl* (29 packages)...
> > 
> > Seriously? What does mc need perl for?
> 
> see /usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d

mc is also missing a dependency on dpkg!

Rich.

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