[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#622837: libpcsclite1: please drop Recommends: pcscd

[Jonathan Nieder]

reassign 622837 wpasupplicant,libpcsclite1
quit

Hi,

Ludovic Rousseau wrote[1]:
> Le 15/04/11 05:18, Jonathan Nieder a écrit :

>> Another possibility is that pcscd is actually needed for libpcsclite1
>> to perform as advertised.  In that case, the dependency of wpasupplicant
>> on it would be a bug, and the lack of a lighter-weight library that
>> can deal with configurations with and without pcscd would be a bug.
>
> libpcsclite1 can't be used without pcscd. So, as you wrote, it is a
> bug of wpasupplicant. That is why I reassign it to wpasupplicant.
>
> You could also have a look at wpasupplicant bug #612842
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612842 about the
> exact same issue.

Thanks for explaining.  I think there must be a miscommunication between
the two package maintainers, so I'm reassigning the bug to both packages
(meaning either could fix it).

>> "What is the impact?" you might wonder.  Most high-level package
>> managers install Recommends by default unless you turn off the
>> Recommends facility completely.  This is not a bug in the package
>> managers; that's how it's supposed to work.
>
> The Recommends relation is exactly what I (pcsc-lite maintainer)
> want: install pcscd by default when libpcsclite1 is installed, but
> allow the admin to remove pcscd if really needed.
>
> If you do not want to have pcscd installed in your system then just
> remove it.

No, I want Debian not to be buggy.

Thanks for your work and patience.

Regards,
Jonathan

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/622837