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FS#39804 - [wicd] unnecessary dependencies

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Temlin, Olivér (oliva) - Thursday, 10 April 2014, 15:25 GMT
Last edited by freswa (frederik) - Saturday, 22 February 2020, 00:14 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Christian Hesse (eworm)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 3
Private No

Details

Description:
Wicd currently has dependencies for dhcpcd and ethtool, which appear only as alternatives in the config of the application.
I belive it should depend on dhcp-client, and some alternative virtual package providing link detection, or just make ethtool an optdep for what it matters.

Steps to reproduce:
Look at current dependencies
$ pacman -Si wicd
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Closed by  freswa (frederik)
Saturday, 22 February 2020, 00:14 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Additional comments about closing:  wicd has been removed from the repositories
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 22:29 GMT
ping angvp...
Comment by favonia (favonia) - Saturday, 15 August 2015, 00:03 GMT
I'd like to add a practical reason for this change. Running wicd with dhclient immediately solves the "dhcpcd not running" issue (see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=175554); without recompiling the packages I have to keep both dhcpcd and dhclient in the system.
Comment by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Tuesday, 10 December 2019, 09:13 GMT
Please some dev adopt wicd + wicd-gtk or drop it to community/AUR.

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