Hi,

On 2021-01-03 19:33, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> Source: libosinfo
> Version: 1.7.1-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> 
> Dear maintainer,
> 
> libosinfo depends on usbutils in order to get access to the USB IDs
> database in /usr/share/misc/usb.ids. This file used to be provided by
> the usbutils package but is now provided by usb.ids package as lsusb now
> uses the udev database instead.
> 
> Could you please therefore switch the isenkram dependency from usbutils
> to usb.ids? Like in the very simple patch below:
> 
> --- libosinfo-1.7.1/debian/control
> +++ libosinfo-1.7.1/debian/control
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
>  # for test-isodetect
>   osinfo-db (>= 0.20190411),
>   pciutils,
> - usbutils,
> + usb.ids,
>  Standards-Version: 4.2.1
>  Homepage: https://libosinfo.org/
>  Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/libvirt-team/libosinfo.git
> 
> That will allow the usbutils -> usb.ids dependency to be dropped. It
> would be nice if it can be done promptly before the freeze so that it
> can be done for bullseye (only 2 packages are in this case). Note that
> the usb.ids package is already in buster, so that it doesn't cause
> issues for backports.
> 
> Sorry for the late notice, I forgot about that dependency and just got
> reminded about it. Of course if you lack time, I can also do the upload
> myself.

Gentle ping about that bug, as libosinfo is now the only package left.
Don't hesitate to ask for help if you do not have time to do the upload.

Thanks,
Aurelien

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