[Bug 538470] [NEW] wrong dependencies/recommends

[Thomas C.]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: spamassassin

when i try to install spamassassin it want to install some devel stuff
(compilier, header files, ...) because of the Recommends: gcc,
libc6-dev, make

LANG=C aptitude install spamassassin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gcc{a} gcc-4.4{a} libc-dev-bin{a} libc6-dev{a} liberror-perl{a} libgomp1{a} libio-socket-inet6-perl{a} libmail-spf-perl{a} libnetaddr-ip-perl{a} libsocket6-perl{a} libsys-hostname-long-perl{a} 
  linux-libc-dev{a} manpages-dev{a} re2c{a} spamassassin spamc{a} 
0 packages upgraded, 16 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/10.2MB of archives. After unpacking 31.1MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]

Is this really needed???

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 13 15:28:13 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: spamassassin (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
SourcePackage: spamassassin
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic x86_64

** Affects: spamassassin (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: lucid spamassassin

** Tags added: lucid

** Tags added: spamassassin

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wrong dependencies/recommends
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538470
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