[Bug 341564] New: ghostscript: remove hard requirement "hpijs"
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=341564 Summary: ghostscript: remove hard requirement "hpijs" Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Printing AssignedTo: werner@novell.com ReportedBy: kssingvo@novell.com QAContact: jsmeix@novell.com CC: jsmeix@novell.com Found By: Development On my private webserver the package "ghostscript-library" is required by several packages: transfig, a2ps, xpdf, html2ps But there will be no printer installed never ever. So I tried to remove all unnecessary packages at installation time: printing systems like CUPS or LPRng, printer drivers, X11 servers, etc. After manual package selection was done, suddenly package "hplip-hpijs" got selected by YaST through some a requirement. I found out that this requirement comes from package "ghostscript-library" by line "Requires: /usr/bin/hpijs" in specfile. I'm wondering why is this necessary? No printer will ever installed at machine, as I don't have physical access to machine (standing in server farm from my service provider). ghostscript (e.g. pdf generation) can even run without this additional plugin. "rpm -e --nodeps hplip-hpijs" can be used to remove package, but will then cause conflicts at next online_update via YaST or zypper. A reinstallation is necessary then. I would like to suggest to replace this hard requirement "Requires:" through some soft one, like "Suggests:". So user is able to really install a small systems. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Dr. Werner Fink
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Klaus Singvogel
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Dr. Werner Fink
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--- Comment #5 from Johannes Meixner
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