Package: synaptic Version: 0.90.2 Severity: minor Tags: patch Hi,
synaptic currently suggests the 'menu' package. Looking back in the history, it looks like this was due to the usage of su-to-root, used to gain root permissions when launching synaptic from the Debian or XDG/desktop menu. synaptic 0.75.12 switches to policykit for this, dropping the usage of su-to-root. Hence, I believe it is possible to safely drop the 'menu' suggest; patch attached for this. I also dropped the conflict with an extremely old version of 'menu', even older than what's in Debian Jessie. Thanks, -- Pino
diff -Nru synaptic-0.90.2/debian/changelog synaptic-0.90.2+nmu1/debian/changelog --- synaptic-0.90.2/debian/changelog 2020-11-16 09:56:34.000000000 +0100 +++ synaptic-0.90.2+nmu1/debian/changelog 2022-06-07 08:10:57.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +synaptic (0.90.2+nmu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Stop suggesting 'menu', as it is not needed/used anymore since 0.75.12. + * Drop conflict with a very old version (at least pre-Jessie) of 'menu'. + + -- Pino Toscano <p...@debian.org> Tue, 07 Jun 2022 08:10:57 +0200 + synaptic (0.90.2) unstable; urgency=medium [ Heimen Stoffels ] diff -Nru synaptic-0.90.2/debian/control synaptic-0.90.2+nmu1/debian/control --- synaptic-0.90.2/debian/control 2020-11-16 09:56:34.000000000 +0100 +++ synaptic-0.90.2+nmu1/debian/control 2022-06-07 08:10:57.000000000 +0200 @@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ Package: synaptic Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, hicolor-icon-theme, policykit-1 -Conflicts: menu (<< 2.1.11) Recommends: libgtk3-perl, xdg-utils -Suggests: dwww, menu, deborphan, apt-xapian-index, tasksel, software-properties-gtk +Suggests: dwww, deborphan, apt-xapian-index, tasksel, software-properties-gtk Description: Graphical package manager Synaptic is a graphical package management tool based on GTK+ and APT. Synaptic enables you to install, upgrade and remove software packages in