Bug#273847: grub-splashimages is not installable on !i386

Luis R. Rodriguez mcgrof@ruslug.rutgers.edu (Luis R. Rodriguez), 273847@bugs.debian.org
Sat, 2 Oct 2004 22:42:30 -0400


On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 02:28:37AM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 03:05:32PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > grub-splashimages depends on grub which is only available
> > on i386 and hurd-i386.
> > 
> > I don't see any reason why it's binary-all instead of
> > i386-only given that it's uninstallable on all other
> > architectures (and this isn't likely to change).
> 
> Hmm, another question is if this package actually should _depend_
> on grub. After all, it's just a collection of xpm images. Of
> course they live in a location useful for the use with grub
> and they have the right size for use with grub, but they could
> easily used for other purposes ...
> 
> So I think the package should either be Arch: i386 hurd-i386
> or drop its dependency on grub (I think the correct relation
> would be Enhances, btw).

I think dropping grub dependency might be best, and to suggest grub.

	Luis

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