#897933 libguestfs0 excessive dependencies

Package:
libguestfs0
Source:
libguestfs
Description:
guest disk image management system - shared library
Submitter:
Ian Jackson
Date:
2023-07-05 09:51:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#897933#5
Date:
2018-05-04 22:22:52 UTC
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Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libaugeas0 (>= 1.0.0), libc6 (>=
 2.17), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libfuse2 (>= 2.8), libhivex0 (>=
 1.2.2+git20100712), libmagic1 (>= 5.12), libpcre3, libselinux1 (>=
 1.32), libsystemd0, libtsk13 (>= 4.2.0), libvirt0 (>= 0.9.4~rc1),
 libxml2 (>= 2.8.0), libyajl2 (>= 2.0.4), supermin (>= 5),
 qemu-system-x86, sgabios, db-util, icoutils, netpbm, osinfo-db, acl,
 attr, binutils, bsdmainutils, btrfs-progs, btrfs-tools, bzip2, cpio,
 cryptsetup, curl, diffutils, dosfstools, extlinux, file, gawk, gdisk,
 genisoimage, grub2-common, iproute2 | iproute, isc-dhcp-client, kmod |
 module-init-tools, ldmtool, less, lsscsi, lvm2, lzop, mdadm, mtools,
 ntfs-3g, openssh-client, parted, procps, psmisc, qemu-utils, scrub,
 sleuthkit, syslinux, systemd | sysvinit, udev, xz-utils, zerofree

I can't imagine that libguestfs is completely broken without all of
that lot.  In fact, it can be loaded into programs which do not use
libguestfs facilities without any of them.

I suggest that everything which is not a library be removed.

Ian.
#897933#10
Date:
2018-06-21 14:30:27 UTC
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Yep, stumbled upon this just now too, as trying to get just one simple utility
which happens to be packaged in "libguestfs-tools", suddenly wanted to install
a DHCP client and systemd on my machine. Folks, seriously? Moreover, stretch
was supposed to be usable without systemd, but here we have:

  dep: systemd    system and service manager

  or sysvinit     Package not available

How can you have package in stretch (option-)depend on a package not in it?
I'm not an expert on your packaging names, but I suppose the new name for that
one is sysvinit-core.

Too sad to see Debian at this level of quality, I guess there's really no
other option than to migrate to Devuan.
#897933#15
Date:
2023-06-30 17:00:38 UTC
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Is there a reason libguestfs0 depends on isc-dhcp-client specifically, instead of the virtual dhcp-client?  I prefer dhcpcd over isc-dhcp-client, and there are several other dhcp-client implementations as well.

If it really does need something specifically from isc-dhcp-client, could it be moved to Recommends instead of Depends (i.e. is it really a universal dependency, or is it just some limited extra functionality)?


Thanks,
Beolach
#897933#20
Date:
2023-07-05 09:21:07 UTC
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* Beolach:

I just checked. The applicance init script does support both dhclient
and dhcpcd, so we should be able to do alterenate dependencies.

Cheers,
-Hilko