Xiyue Deng <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Paul, > > Paul Gevers <[email protected]> writes: > >> Hi, >> >> On 30-08-2025 07:11, Xiyue Deng wrote: >>> Apparently I missed the fact that removing compat-el from testing will >>> also remove all its reverse dependencies, which is already happening[1]. >> >> >> emacs-common Provides compat-el (versioned), so I my opinion this >> removal (thread?) is a bug in the autoremoval tooling. (Versioned) >> Provides is relatively new in Debian, not all tools deal with it in all >> corner cases. Either somebody finds a fix for the autoremoval tooling >> or, if we let the removal happen, I expect all dependent packages to >> migrate straight back after removal. > > Thanks for the insights! I hope that can work one way or another. >
So as Paul predicted, the reverse dependencies of compat-el got removed from testing around Oct 6 and then re-entered around Oct 7, and since then no remove notice is showing anymore. Thanks! >> >> Paul >> > > -- > Regards, > Xiyue Deng -- Regards, Xiyue Deng
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