# Tweets of October 31 2017


> Package: lsof  
> Suggests: perl  
>   
> \#WTF \#debian

[Tue Oct 31 12:55:58 +0000 2017](https://twitter.com/miekg/status/925345604632547329)

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Replying to [@bigonbe](https://twitter.com/bigonbe/status/925370256943734784)

> but, but, why? It requires me to download 37M of Perl that I don't want, nor use, for examples that I don't run? 00README says: don't use\.\.

[Tue Oct 31 14:48:37 +0000 2017](https://twitter.com/miekg/status/925373952783941632)

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Replying to [@bigonbe](https://twitter.com/bigonbe/status/925374204643594240)

> Should that be explicitly disabled in /etc/apt somewhere? \(Can't find such a setting on my Deb system\)

[Tue Oct 31 14:54:15 +0000 2017](https://twitter.com/miekg/status/925375371104669696)

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Replying to [@\_mrsmn and @bigonbe](https://twitter.com/barnumbirr/status/925379949900566528)

> Ack\. So it is \*not\* the default?

[Tue Oct 31 15:13:33 +0000 2017](https://twitter.com/miekg/status/925380225621426176)