Bug#644036: libcrypt-dsa-perl: unnecessary dependency on Data::Random

[Peter Marschall]

Package: libcrypt-dsa-perl
Version: 1.17-1
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

IMHO the package has an unneccesary dependency on Data::Random.

Crypt::DSA's Makefile.PL states:
	requires      'Data::Random' => '0.05' if win32;

Obviously my system isn't windows ;-)

I checked the code, and AFAICS Data::Random is only necessary if the system
does not have a /dev/random.
Is this the case for any of the kernels that Debian works on?
If yes, would it b possible to add the dependency on Data::Random only for
these kernels?

Thanks in advance for giving it a thought &
also thanks for maintaining Crypt::DSA in Debian
Peter


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libcrypt-dsa-perl depends on:
ii  libconvert-asn1-perl              0.22-2  
ii  libconvert-pem-perl               0.08-1  
ii  libdata-buffer-perl               0.04-1.1
ii  libfile-which-perl                1.08-1  
ii  perl                              5.12.4-4
ii  perl-modules [libfile-spec-perl]  5.12.4-4

Versions of packages libcrypt-dsa-perl recommends:
ii  libdata-random-perl      0.05-4
ii  libmath-bigint-gmp-perl  1.37-1

libcrypt-dsa-perl suggests no packages.

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