[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#1040908: Bug#1040908: Bug#1040908: Please don't depend on mdadm

[Michael Biebl]

Am 12.07.23 um 18:11 schrieb Josh Triplett:
> My understanding was that that error happens *unconditionally* whether
> there's a RAID device on the system or not, and that that bug is fixed
> by depending on libblockdev-mdraid3 (which seems fine). But if I'm
> understanding the upstream issue correctly, libblockdev-mdraid3 doesn't
> actually need the mdadm binary *unless* the user's system actually has a
> RAID device on it, in which case they would more likely want to have
> mdadm installed. So, I *think* removing the Depends on mdadm would mean
> that the only users getting an error message are those who have a RAID
> device and *don't* have mdadm installed, which seems like exactly the
> set of users who *should* get an error message.

I was pondering the question myself and came to a similiar conclusion.
A user with RAID devices most likely has mdadm installed anyway, so 
demoting it to Suggests seems ok, as we wouldn't generate error messages 
for users without RAID devices.


Michael

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