> * chroot environments do not need this
> * when:
> - a program ('nash' in this case) is used by other packages ('initscripts')
> and
> - this program does not require rest of the package (generate-initrd
> functionality) and
> - the rest of the package adds lot of dependencies (device-mapper,
> dmraid, ...) which are not needed for the program
> then it is a good packaging style to provide both parts in separate
> subpackages.
I can see the point of nash being a separate (sub)package given your
initscripts snippet. I don't think that snippet makes sense in an initrd
anyway, and initscripts could be changed to only optionally require it I
suppose (which would make sense)
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