Bug#344910: Numerous unneeded direct library dependencies
J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
fsmla at xinara.org
Tue Dec 27 15:43:50 UTC 2005
Package: gdm
Version: 2.8.0.6-2
Severity: important
Tags: patch
gdm directly depends on a large number of libraries which it doesn't
directly need itself, but which are only needed by libraries it depends on;
examples are libfreetype6, libgsf-1-113 and libaudiofile0. This is
deprecated as it complicates library transitions; see
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/11/msg00016.html
By relibtoolizing the gdm source package, the dependency list can be shrunk
a lot; on current sid on i386, the result was (wdiff style):
Depends: adduser, debconf-2.0, libart-2.0-2 (>= 2.3.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0), libattr1 (>= 2.4.4-1), [-libaudiofile0 (>= 0.2.3-4),-] libbonobo2-0 (>= 2.8.0), libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.5.4), [-libbz2-1.0,-] libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), libcairo2 (>= 1.0.2-2), [-libcroco3 (>= 0.6.0), libesd0 (>= 0.2.35) | libesd-alsa0 (>= 0.2.35),-] libfontconfig1 (>= 2.3.0), [-libfreetype6 (>= 2.1.5-1),-] libgconf2-4 (>= 2.9), [-libgcrypt11 (>= 1.2.2),-] libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.5.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), [-libgnome-keyring0 (>= 0.4.3),-] libgnome2-0 (>= 2.8.0), libgnomecanvas2-0 (>= 2.6.0), libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.8.0), libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 2.10.0-0), [-libgnutls11 (>= 1.0.16), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.1), libgsf-1-113 (>= 1.13.3),-] libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libice6, [-libjpeg62,-] liborbit2 (>= 1:2.10.0), libpam0g (>= 0.76), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.10.1), [-libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.8rel),-] libpopt0 (>= 1.7), librsvg2-2 (>= 2.9.5), libselinux1 (>= 1.26), libsm6, [-libtasn1-2 (>= 0.2.13),-] libx11-6, libxau6, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxext6, libxi6, libxinerama1, libxml2 (>= 2.6.21), libxrandr2, libxrender1 (>> 1:0.9.0-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1), libpam-modules (>= 0.72-1), libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1), gnome-session | xterm | x-window-manager | x-terminal-emulator, xbase-clients, gksu (>= 1.0.7)
Please relibtoolize the gdm source package to reduce its direct dependency
list.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (800, 'unstable'), (750, 'experimental'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14.4
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii adduser 3.80 Add and remove users and groups
ii aterm [x-terminal-emulat 0.4.2-11 Afterstep XVT - a VT102 emulator f
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.66 Debian configuration management sy
ii gksu 1.3.6-1 graphical frontend to su
ii gnome-session 2.10.0-8 The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii gnome-terminal [x-termin 2.10.0-3 The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libattr1 2.4.25-1 Extended attribute shared library
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6 Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii libbonobo2-0 2.10.1-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.10.1-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.2-11 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii libc6 2.3.5-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcroco3 0.6.0-2 a generic Cascading Style Sheet (C
ii libdmx1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 Distributed Multihead X client lib
ii libesd-alsa0 [libesd0] 0.2.36-1 Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) -
ii libgconf2-4 2.10.1-6 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgcrypt11 1.2.2-1 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libglade2-0 1:2.5.1-2 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.4-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-keyring0 0.4.5-1 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgnome2-0 2.10.1-1 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.10.2-2 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.10.1-1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.10.1-5 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgnutls11 1.0.16-14 GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii libgpg-error0 1.1-4 library for common error values an
ii libgsf-1-113 1.13.3-1 Structured File Library - runtime
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjpeg62 6b-11 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii liborbit2 1:2.12.4-1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpam-modules 0.79-3 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 0.79-3 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 0.79-3 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii librsvg2-2 2.9.5-6 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii libselinux1 1.26-1 SELinux shared libraries
ii libsm6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Session Management
ii libtasn1-2 0.2.17-1 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-8 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxau6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Authentication library
ii libxdmcp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Display Manager Control Protocol
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxi6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxml2 2.6.22-2 GNOME XML library
ii metacity [x-window-manag 1:2.10.3-2 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii mrxvt [x-terminal-emulat 0.4.2-1 lightweight multi-tabbed X termina
ii openbox [x-window-manage 3.2-7 standards compliant, fast, light-w
ii pterm [x-terminal-emulat 0.58-3 PuTTY terminal emulator
ii rxvt [x-terminal-emulato 1:2.6.4-10 VT102 terminal emulator for the X
ii rxvt-unicode [x-terminal 5.8-1 RXVT-like terminal emulator with U
ii wmaker [x-window-manager 0.92.0-5 NeXTSTEP-like window manager for X
ii xbase-clients 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 miscellaneous X clients
ii xlibs 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System client libraries m
ii xterm [x-terminal-emulat 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X terminal emulator
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii dialog 1.0-20051219-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
pn gdm-themes <none> (no description available)
pn zenity <none> (no description available)
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