Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal Please decruft the libgd2 package. libgd2-noxpm-dev | 2.1.1-1 | sid | amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, hurd-i386, i386, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, ppc64el, s390x libgd2-xpm-dev | 2.1.1-1 | sid | amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, hurd-i386, i386, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, ppc64el, s390x are obsolete transitional packages no longer built by libgd2 2.1.1-4. Instead they are now provided as virtual packages.
The cruft report lists these dependencies: * source package libgd2 version 2.1.1-4 no longer builds binary package(s): libgd2-noxpm-dev libgd2-xpm-dev on amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,hurd-i386,i386,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,ppc64el,s390x - suggested command: dak rm -m "[auto-cruft] NBS (no longer built by libgd2)" -s unstable -a amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,hurd-i386,i386,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,ppc64el,s390x -p -R -b libgd2-noxpm-dev libgd2-xpm-dev - broken Build-Depends: apcupsd: libgd2-noxpm-dev awffull: libgd2-xpm-dev |libgd2-noxpm-dev cvsgraph: libgd2-noxpm-dev |libgd2-xpm-dev dvipng: libgd2-noxpm-dev embassy-domainatrix: libgd2-xpm-dev embassy-domalign: libgd2-xpm-dev embassy-domsearch: libgd2-xpm-dev embassy-phylip/non-free: libgd2-xpm-dev fceux: libgd2-xpm-dev fswebcam: libgd2-noxpm-dev |libgd2-xpm-dev lcd4linux: libgd2-xpm-dev libpst: libgd2-noxpm-dev |libgd2-xpm-dev libpuzzle: libgd2-noxpm-dev mldonkey: libgd2-xpm-dev mrtg: libgd2-noxpm-dev nagios3: libgd2-noxpm-dev (>= 2.0.1) |libgd2-xpm-dev (>= 2.0.1) ntop: libgd2-noxpm-dev oggvideotools: libgd2-xpm-dev pdl: libgd2-xpm-dev php-ps: libgd2-xpm-dev (> 2.0.0) ploticus: libgd2-noxpm-dev png2html: libgd2-noxpm-dev polybori: libgd2-xpm-dev pygdchart2: libgd2-noxpm-dev |libgd2-xpm-dev sarg: libgd2-noxpm-dev |libgd2-xpm-dev webdruid: libgd2-noxpm-dev wims: libgd2-xpm-dev |libgd2-noxpm-dev Most of these are covered by the virtual packages, only nagios3 and php-ps (in sid only due to other RC bugs) need the real packages. But since libgd2-dev (2.1.1-1) is no longer available the cruft packages are not installable anymore anyway. Therefore removing them won't make the situation worse for nagios3 and php-ps. Andreas