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FS#48125 - [postfix] Incorrect package dependencies

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Johannes Ernst (jernst) - Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 20:22 GMT
Last edited by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 21:52 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Postfix lists a ton of database clients/libraries as dependencies (Mariadb, Postgresql, SQLite, tinycdb, BerkeleyDB). I doubt a given installation will use all of those at the same time.

It appears all of those should be optional dependencies: the user needs to pick and choose those they need.
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Closed by  Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 21:52 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 20:33 GMT
Have you actually tried uninstalling the ones you don't need to see if things still work?
Comment by Matthias Lisin (matthias.lisin) - Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 20:46 GMT
ldd /usr/lib/postfix/*.so|egrep 'lib(sqlite|db|mysqlclient|pq|cdb)'

Libraries are linked, so simply setting those dependencies optional won't do the job.

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