Re: Proposal: drop libcrypt-dev dependency from libc6-dev

Marco d'Itri <[email protected]> Thu, 10 Apr 2025 11:01:24 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.glibc,gmane.linux.debian.devel.general,gmane.linux.debian.devel.perl
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On Apr 10, Helmut Grohne <[email protected]> wrote:

>how about libc6-dev stops depending on libcrypt-dev?
Sure.

>material of course. Also libc6-dev would still "Recommends:
>libcrypt-dev", but libcrypt-dev would no longer be build-essential.
What purpose would this Recommends solve?

>Assuming "no" and "yes" as answers, I'd like to proceed with mass bug
>filing. I propose severity normal for all bugs. The additional
Go for it, great job!
Removing the package from the build-essential set is a worthwhile goal.

But please mention prominently that there is no need to work on this 
before the release.

-- 
ciao,
Marco

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