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

[Ludovic Rousseau]

Le 15/04/11 10:24, Jonathan Nieder a écrit :
> 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.

You think it is a bug.
I think it is not a bug.

How do you propose to solve this "bug"?
What would be OK for you as a solution?

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


-- 
  Dr. Ludovic Rousseau