Public bug reported: Example 1 ---- I did a sudo apt dist-upgrade today on my developer machine running Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS and it surprisingly pulled in postfix.
I did not built this into a full reproducible test case because I found another test case… Example 2 ---- munin's autopkgtests are now failing because postfix and gpg-wks-server is now unexpectedly being installed. https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/munin/noble/amd64 Other Info ---- gnupg2's changelog indicates that there was an attempt to avoid this misbehavior by having gnupg only Suggest gpg-wks-server. In fact, there is **nothing** in Ubuntu that Depends or Recommends gpg-wks-server. Notably, gnupg has Suggests: gpg-wks-server (<< 2.4.4-2ubuntu7.1~), gpg-wks-server (>= 2.4.4-2ubuntu7) I don't recall ever seeing strict versioned Suggests before so it's my wild guess that apt does not strict handle versioned Suggests in the expected way. As a workaround, try dropping the versions from gnupg's Suggests. But the true fix may be in apt. I added a munin bug task as a pointer in case anyone wonder's about the autopkgtest regression but I don't believe munin needs any changes. ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: High Status: New ** Affects: gnupg2 (Ubuntu) Importance: High Status: New ** Affects: munin (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Triaged ** Tags: noble update-excuse ** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Also affects: munin (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: munin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Tags added: update-excuse ** Description changed: Example 1 ---- I did a sudo apt dist-upgrade today on my developer machine running Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS and it surprisingly pulled in postfix. I did not built this into a full reproducible test case because I found another test case… Example 2 ---- munin's autopkgtests are now failing because postfix and gpg-wks-server is now unexpectedly being installed. https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/munin/noble/amd64 Other Info ---- gnupg2's changelog indicates that there was an attempt to avoid this misbehavior by having gnupg only Suggest gpg-wks-server. In fact, there is **nothing** in Ubuntu that Depends or Recommends gpg-wks-server. Notably, gnupg has Suggests: gpg-wks-server (<< 2.4.4-2ubuntu7.1~), gpg-wks-server (>= 2.4.4-2ubuntu7) I don't recall ever seeing versioned Suggests before so it's my wild - guess that maybe apt does not handle versioned Suggests in the expected - way. + guess that apt does not handle versioned Suggests in the expected way. - As a workaround, try dropping the versions from the Suggests. + As a workaround, try dropping the versions from gnupg's Suggests. - But the ultimate fix may be in apt. + But the true fix may be in apt. + + I added a munin bug task as a pointer in case anyone wonder's about the + autopkgtest regression but I don't believe munin needs any changes. ** Description changed: Example 1 ---- I did a sudo apt dist-upgrade today on my developer machine running Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS and it surprisingly pulled in postfix. I did not built this into a full reproducible test case because I found another test case… Example 2 ---- munin's autopkgtests are now failing because postfix and gpg-wks-server is now unexpectedly being installed. https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/munin/noble/amd64 Other Info ---- gnupg2's changelog indicates that there was an attempt to avoid this misbehavior by having gnupg only Suggest gpg-wks-server. In fact, there is **nothing** in Ubuntu that Depends or Recommends gpg-wks-server. Notably, gnupg has Suggests: gpg-wks-server (<< 2.4.4-2ubuntu7.1~), gpg-wks-server (>= 2.4.4-2ubuntu7) - I don't recall ever seeing versioned Suggests before so it's my wild - guess that apt does not handle versioned Suggests in the expected way. + I don't recall ever seeing strict versioned Suggests before so it's my + wild guess that apt does not strict handle versioned Suggests in the + expected way. As a workaround, try dropping the versions from gnupg's Suggests. But the true fix may be in apt. I added a munin bug task as a pointer in case anyone wonder's about the autopkgtest regression but I don't believe munin needs any changes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2054908 Title: gnupg is pulling in gpg-wks-server which pulls in postfix To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/2054908/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
