Re: postgresql-client-common pulling in libipc-run-perl

From: Jeremy Schneider <schneider(at)ardentperf(dot)com>
To: Christoph Berg <cb(at)df7cb(dot)de>
Cc: "pgsql-pkg-debian(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-pkg-debian(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: postgresql-client-common pulling in libipc-run-perl
Date: 2025-01-11 21:14:29
Message-ID: 20250111131429.79238f82@ardentperf.com
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On Sat, 11 Jan 2025 22:08:02 +0100
Christoph Berg <cb(at)df7cb(dot)de> wrote:

> Re: Jeremy Schneider
> > So the real question is why the client-common package has a hard
> > requirement on libipc-run-perl, and whether we can make this
> > dependency optional (or remove it). That would trim about 45MB off
> > the base container size, which is meaningful since these base
> > images are very widely used.
>
> You are missing the fact that postgresql-common is written in perl.

lol, yes i sent this email before tracking down what the package is and
what is does and how its written (it looks like a different package from
the postgresql client itself, but its a hard dependency of the client)

i'll go find the code and start reading

-Jeremy

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