Bug#570970: [gpm] mktemp is now in coreutils which is essential

Jason Cormie jason at wormwood666.demon.co.uk
Tue Dec 28 22:31:53 UTC 2010


Package: gpm
Version: 1.20.4-3.3

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mktemp is now part of coreutils.
coreutils is an "Essential" package
According to debian policy, essential packages don't need listed unless their 
is a specific version dependency.

http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s3.5

I think this bug can be closed


--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64

Debian Release: squeeze/sid
   900 testing         ftp.debian.org
   850 unstable        ftp.debian.org
   800 stable          www.debian-multimedia.org
   800 stable          security.debian.org
   800 stable          ftp.debian.org
   700 experimental    ftp.debian.org

--- Package information. ---
Depends             (Version) | Installed
=============================-+-=============
libc6                (>= 2.7) | 2.11.2-7
libgpm2           (>= 1.20.4) | 1.20.4-3.3
debconf             (>= 0.5)  | 1.5.36
  OR debconf-2.0               |
dpkg             (>= 1.15.4)  | 1.15.8.5
  OR install-info              | 4.13a.dfsg.1-6
debianutils          (>= 1.7) | 3.4
ucf                 (>= 0.28) | 3.0025+nmu1
lsb-base                      | 3.2-23.1


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