[Bug 567538] [NEW] [libsnmp-base] unnecessary dependency on gawk

[Ben Aisen]

Public bug reported:

libsnmp-base is installed by default (required by hplip, which ubuntu-
desktop recommends) and depends on gawk.  But the base system already
has an awk implementation (mawk) and nowhere in this package is gawk
specifically required - only generic "awk" is ever used.  (Actually,
it's not clear to me that awk is even a run-time requirement - it only
seems to be used in build scripts, but I could be overlooking
something.)

There's no need for Ubuntu to ship two versions of awk by default.  If
the package doesn't need any specific gawk features, please remove the
dependency.

** Affects: net-snmp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: net-snmp (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #557186
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=557186

** Also affects: net-snmp (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=557186
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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[libsnmp-base] unnecessary dependency on gawk
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/567538
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