[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#1135013: gnumed-client: recommends ginkgocadx, ntp and gtklp which are not in unstable

[Karsten Hilbert]

> I noticed that package gnumed-client recommends ginkgocadx, ntp and
> gtklp, which are currently not available in unstable.

Thanks for reporting.

> - https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ginkgocadx : was removed in 2021

ginkgocadx should be demoted to Suggests:

> - https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gtklp : was removed in 2025-12

:-(   Is anyone aware of a functional equivalent (a
standalone tool that can be told: "print this file" for a
suitable range of file types) ? 

kprinter is long gone, too....

> - https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ntp : was removed in 2022
> 
> For ntp, a possible solution is to the same that dovecot did:
> https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dovecot/-/commit/812f0ea434b313d25aa9177ec2e1805e42649d5f
> : to have "systemd-timesyncd | time-daemon". See
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1118232 for more
> information.

That looks right. The change does serve the purpose --
help ensure proper time on the system.

Regards,
Karsten
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