[Pkg-freeipa-devel] Bug#919062: Bug#919062: python-ipalib depends on transitional packages gnupg2 and gnupg-agent

[Timo Aaltonen]

On 12.1.2019 14.31, Jochen Hein wrote:
> Package: python-ipalib
> Version: 4.7.1-3
> Severity: minor
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I've just updated an IPA client to buster and installed freeipa-client
> from SID. After the update I looked for transitional packages and have
> these:
> 
> # dpkg -l | grep dummy
> ii  gnupg-agent       2.2.12-1   all          GNU privacy guard - cryptographic agent (dummy transitional package)
> ii  gnupg2            2.2.12-1   all          GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement (dummy transitional package)
> 
> When I try to remove these apt will remove IPA client:
> 
> # LANG=C apt purge gnupg2 gnupg-agent
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   freeipa-client* gnupg-agent* gnupg2* python-ipaclient* python-ipalib*
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> After this operation, 6996 kB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> 
> When I look at the packages gnupg-agent we get the hint:
> 
>  This is a dummy transitional package; please use gpg-agent instead.
> 
> I think we can change the depends and be done.
> 
> gnupg2 has this:
> 
>  This is a dummy transitional package that provides symlinks from gpg2
>  to gpg.
> 
> Do we use the gpg2 command? I have no idea...

Yes, so those symlinks are useful..


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