Your message dated Sat, 24 Jan 2026 18:04:05 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1126352: fixed in libgd-perl 2.84-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #1126352,
regarding libgd-perl: dropping Provides on libgd-gd2-perl, libgd-gd2-noxpm-perl
makes rdeps uninstallable
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Package: libgd-perl
Version: 2.84-1
Severity: serious
Justification: https://release.debian.org/testing/rc_policy.txt §6a
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.
I would suggest:
1. putting back the Provides, again;
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)
After the affected packages switch to the libgd-perl name, the Provides
can (finally) be removed.
Affected packages are at least:
- bioperl
- circos
- ircmarkers
- lcov
- libbarcode-code128-perl
- libbio-graphics-perl
- libcatalyst-view-gd-perl
- libchado-perl
- libdata-stag-perl
- libtemplate-plugin-gd-perl
- libtfbs-perl
- otrs2
- shanty
- signing-party
- tirex
- wml
(I've included Recommends in this list because a broken Recommends is a
RC bug, as per Policy §2.2.1, so packages with only a Recommends should
be included in the mass bug filing.)
Thanks,
smcv
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Source: libgd-perl
Source-Version: 2.84-2
Done: gregor herrmann <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libgd-perl, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
gregor herrmann <[email protected]> (supplier of updated libgd-perl package)
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Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 18:35:56 +0100
Source: libgd-perl
Architecture: source
Version: 2.84-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <[email protected]>
Changed-By: gregor herrmann <[email protected]>
Closes: 1126352
Changes:
libgd-perl (2.84-2) unstable; urgency=medium
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* Team upload.
* Add back Provides: libgd-gd2-noxpm-perl, libgd-gd2-perl.
Thanks to Simon McVittie for the bug report. (Closes: #1126352)
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