[DEP-BLOAT] 'bind' requires 'perl'

[Martin Stransky]

 > * rewrite namedGetForwarders in a programming language or in shell

IMHO this is the best one. If you rewrite it to any other language I'll 
use it.

Martin

Enrico Scholz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> the 'bind' package has a dependency on 'perl'. This huge dependency is
> introduced by a single '/usr/sbin/namedGetForwarders' script which is
> not needed for most setups. Because none of bind's base-dependencies
> requires 'perl' and 'namedGetForwarders' is not part of bind's core
> functionality this dependency must vanish.
> 
> Possible solutions:
> 
> * move this stuff into an own subpackage (e.g. -dbus-tools)
> * rewrite namedGetForwarders in a programming language or in shell
> 
> [Bug #176100]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Enrico
>