[Pkg-pascal-devel] Bug#967348: Bug#967348: fpc: depends on deprecated GTK 2

[Peter Blackman]

On 17/02/2026 00:33, David Bannon wrote:
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> On 17/2/26 07:43, Peter Blackman wrote:
>> On 15/02/2026 15:23, Bastian Germann wrote:
>>> Control: reopen -1
>>> Control: notfixed -1 fpc/3.2.2+dfsg-48
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>> Bastian,
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>> Could you please explain why you have re-opened this bug?
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> I suspect the reason that Bastian is confused is because fpc still has a dependency on a package calls fp-units-gtk2.  While we all know that unit does not, itself, have a dependency on anything (interesting) it does sound sort of gtk2-ish doest it ?
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He explained what happened in the bug report.


> I know you all are sick to death of me saying this but that unit, fp-units-gtk2 is not needed, it serves absolute no useful purpose and is  sure to continue causing confusion in the future. Its an important part of the RTL and belongs there.
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> If someone can think of a use case where being a separate package is useful, I promise I will shut up immediately !
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fp-units-gtk2 is currently essential becuase lazarus Build-Depends on it.
Removing it right now would break lazarus.