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Tasklist

FS#46486 - [netctl] Add Grep as dependency

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by none (xxterry1xx) - Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 00:33 GMT
Last edited by Florian Pritz (bluewind) - Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 07:21 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Florian Pritz (bluewind)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Add Grep as dependency for Netctl or usr/lib/network/wpa will report with grep: command not found if grep is removed.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
using a computer with a wireless setup and connection to wpa based networks,Remove grep,reboot, and launch journalctl -xb and look for usr/lib/network/wpa grep: command not found .
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Closed by  Florian Pritz (bluewind)
Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 07:21 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 01:41 GMT
Many packages in the repos will have implicit deps on packages in the "base" group. Is removing a basic POSIX tool like grep really sane?
Comment by Florian Pritz (bluewind) - Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 07:20 GMT
No it's not sane and hardly anything depends on grep because of this.

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