[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#897933: libguestfs0 excessive dependencies

[Ian Jackson]

Package: libguestfs0
Version: 1:1.34.6-2

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.

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