[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#953948: Fwd: libsnmp40: I do NOT want to have any MySQL/MariaDB dependencies on my Debian-system

[Sedat Dilek]

This is addressed in Debian Bug #953948 which will be hopefully fixed
with libsnmp40 (5.9+dfsg-2).
For the patch see [2].

- Sedat -

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/953948
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/net-snmp/-/commit/926cb67414a70a501752d1b5c8b00db1c949463f

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: libsnmp40: I do NOT want to have any MySQL/MariaDB
dependencies on my Debian-system
To: Craig Small <csmall at debian.org>,
<pkg-net-snmp-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>


On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 10:54 AM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Craig,
>
> I removed all *MySQL/MariaDB* dependencies by switching akonadi-server
> (KDE/Plasma) to PostgreSQL in my Debian/unstable system (see my howto
> attached in [1]).
>
> Please, please please if a database is now required offer alternative
> support for SQLite and/or PostgreSQL.
>
> Unsure if I will downgrade SNMP stuff for now.
>
> Shall I open a bug-report?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> - Sedat -
>
> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-qt-kde/2020/09/msg00066.html

When I put "libsnmp-base" package on hold (independently of putting
libsnmp35 libsane sane-utils on hold):

root# dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
libsnmp-base

root# LC_ALL=C apt-get dist-upgrade -V -t unstable
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
...
  libsnmp35 (5.8+dfsg-5)
...
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libmariadb3 (1:10.3.24-2)
  libsnmp40 (5.9+dfsg-1)
  linux-perf-5.8 (5.8.7-1)
  mariadb-common (1:10.3.24-2)
  mysql-common (5.8+1.0.5)
The following packages have been kept back:
  libsnmp-base (5.8+dfsg-5 => 5.9+dfsg-1)
The following packages will be upgraded:
  at-spi2-core (2.36.0-3 => 2.36.1-1)
  gir1.2-atspi-2.0 (2.36.0-3 => 2.36.1-1)
  ifstat (1.1-8.1+b2 => 1.1-8.1+b3)
  libatspi2.0-0 (2.36.0-3 => 2.36.1-1)
  libfluidsynth2 (2.1.3-1 => 2.1.4-1)
  libsane (1.0.27-3.2+b1 => 1.0.27-3.2+b2)
  linux-libc-dev (5.7.17-1 => 5.8.7-1)
  linux-perf (5.7.17-1 => 5.8.7-1)
  sane-utils (1.0.27-3.2+b1 => 1.0.27-3.2+b2)
9 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 8623 kB of archives.
After this operation, 15.1 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.

I expect when I hold "libsnmp-base" that a newer libsnmpXX will not be
installed on any upgrades.
Why is "libsnmp40" still upgrade-/install-able?

Can you enlighten me?

- Sedat -