Bug#1126352: libgd-perl: dropping Provides on libgd-gd2-perl, libgd-gd2-noxpm-perl makes rdeps uninstallable

[gregor herrmann]

On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 16:24:37 +0000, Simon McVittie wrote:

>The new version of libgd-perl in unstable dropped some very old Provides
>on libgd-gd2-perl and libgd-gd2-noxpm-perl, which seem to be names that
>were used before 2013. It seems that this was previously attempted in
>2020.
>
>Unfortunately, the situation doesn't seem to have changed since #966498
>in 2020, and several packages still have Build-Depends, Depends or
>Recommends on those obsolete names, resulting in the new libgd-perl
>being unable to migrate to testing.

Oh :/
I thought I had checked for rdeps before removing the Provides but 
apparently I made a mistake. Thanks for catching it!

>1. putting back the Provides, again;

Done.

>2. doing a usertagged mini mass-bug-filing against packages with a
>   dependency relationship with the obsolete names, asking for them to
>   replace the dependency with libgd-perl (as they should ideally have
>   done in 2013)

Done (except for the ones maintained in the Debian Perl Group, which 
I just fixed :))

>Affected packages are at least:

Thanks for the list!

https://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/bts-usertags.cgi?user=debian-perl%40lists.debian.org&tag=libgd-gd2-perl-removal


Cheers,
gregor

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