Package libgtk2-perl

[gregor herrmann]

On Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:48:14 +0100, intrigeri wrote:

> > The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
> 
> >      Remove the following packages:              
> > 1)     fwupdate-amd64-signed [12+5 (now)]        
> > 2)     libgtk2-perl [2:1.24993-1 (now)]          
> > 3)     libldb1 [2:1.5.1+really1.4.7-1 (now)]     
> > 4)     libpolkit-backend-1-0 [0.105-25 (now)]    
> > 5)     python-ldb [2:1.5.1+really1.4.7-1 (now)]  
> 
> >      Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
> > 6)     gdebi recommends libgtk2-perl             
> 
> > Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
> > Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
> > Abort.
> This looks like aptitude, isn't it? I'm not familiar with how it
> handles such situations. I'm a bit surprised it tries to enforce the
> recommends relationship. Anyway, options 2 and 6 seem OK given what
> you told us.

Yes, this looks like aptitude, but these are not 6 options, it's one
solution consisting of 6 steps. And not a good solution :)
Pressing "n" as in "No, I don't want this solution, try harder and
present me another one" might help. - Or using apt, as you say. Or
just removing libgtk2-perl manually before, as you also suggest (and
as I did some months ago).
 
> > Why is it so difficult to alter the dependencies in libgtk2-perl?
> > If you guys are maintaining all the perl packages, why does this
> > inconsistency exist?

IMO the problem is not libgtk2-perl which is going away but more
packages which still depend on it or recommend it.
Filing a bug report against gdebi (if it doesn't exist yet) might be
a step forward for rob.
 

Cheers,
gregor

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