[ovs-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] debian: Add hostname as dependency

[Ben Pfaff]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 04:06:17PM -0500, Russell Bryant wrote:
> From: Jakub Libosvar <libosvar at redhat.com>
> 
> ovs-ctl script uses hostname. This patch adds dependency for debian
> systems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Libosvar <libosvar at redhat.com>

Thanks a lot for the patch.  It's very kind to look out for the Debian
packaging.

I was pretty surprised to find out that there's a separate package just
for the hostname command.  Never noticed that before.  However, the
hostname package is marked "essential" and Debian policy says:

     Packages are not required to declare any dependencies they have on
     other packages which are marked `Essential' (see below), and should
     not do so unless they depend on a particular version of that
     package.[1]

so probably we should not apply this change.

Thanks,

Ben.