Bug#626527: proftpd-basic incorrectly depends on update-inetd

[Andrei Caraman]

Package: proftpd-basic
Version: 1.3.3a-6squeeze1
Severity: normal


As seen below, proftpd-basic requires the installation of update-inetd,
which is listed in the "Depends:" field.  I believe this is totally wrong,
because 

  - proftpd-basic runs just fine in standalone mode
  - there is no point in having update-inetd on a system without any inetd
    implementation
  - proftpd-basic already (correctly) suggests "openbsd-inetd |
    inet-superserver" and update-inetd should be pulled in by one of them,
    not by proftpd.


Regards,
adc




-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages proftpd-basic depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.112+nmu2       add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf                 1.5.36.1         Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils             3.4              Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libacl1                 2.2.49-4         Access control list shared library
ii  libattr1                1:2.4.44-2       Extended attribute shared library
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-10        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcap2                 1:2.19-3         support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libncurses5             5.7+20100313-5   shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libpam-runtime          1.1.1-6.1        Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                1.1.1-6.1        Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libssl0.9.8             0.9.8o-4squeeze1 SSL shared libraries
ii  libwrap0                7.6.q-19         Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  netbase                 4.45             Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii  sed                     4.2.1-7          The GNU sed stream editor
ii  ucf                     3.0025+nmu1      Update Configuration File: preserv
ii  update-inetd            4.38+nmu1        inetd configuration file updater
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

proftpd-basic recommends no packages.

Versions of packages proftpd-basic suggests:
pn  openbsd-inetd | inet-su <none>           (no description available)
ii  openssl                 0.9.8o-4squeeze1 Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary a
pn  proftpd-doc             <none>           (no description available)
pn  proftpd-mod-ldap        <none>           (no description available)
pn  proftpd-mod-mysql       <none>           (no description available)
pn  proftpd-mod-odbc        <none>           (no description available)
pn  proftpd-mod-pgsql       <none>           (no description available)
pn  proftpd-mod-sqlite      <none>           (no description available)

-- debconf information:
* shared/proftpd/inetd_or_standalone: standalone