Package: deborphan Version: 1.7.28.8-0.3 Hi,
deborphan currently reports python-cffi-backend as unused, whereas it's used: ----- raph@arche:~$ deborphan --ignore-suggests --guess-only --guess-python python-cffi-backend:amd64 raph@arche:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge python-cffi-backend:amd64 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libboost-python1.58.0 libportmidi0 libsdl-ttf2.0-0 libsmpeg0 libtorrent-rasterbar8 python-libtorrent python-pam python-pyasn1-modules python-pygame python-serial python-twisted-bin Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: deluge* deluge-common* deluge-gtk* python-cffi-backend* python-cryptography* python-ndg-httpsclient* python-openssl* python-service-identity* python-twisted-core* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 9 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 20.6 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n Abort. raph@arche:~$ aptitude why python-cffi-backend:amd64 i deluge Depends deluge-gtk (= 1.3.12-1.1) i A deluge-gtk Depends deluge-common (= 1.3.12-1.1) i A deluge-common Depends python-openssl i A python-openssl Depends python-cryptography (>= 1.3) i A python-cryptography Depends python-cffi-backend-api-min (<= 9729) i A python-cffi-backend Provides python-cffi-backend-api-min ----- Is it because of the virtual package dependency fulfilled by the "Provides" field ? Something else that may be worth mentioning: ----- raph@arche:~$ apt-cache rdepends python-cffi-backend python-cffi-backend Reverse Depends: python-cffi python-cffi-backend-dbg python-cffi raph@arche:~$ apt-cache rdepends --installed python-cffi-backend python-cffi-backend Reverse Depends: ----- (nothing was listed) Regards, -- Raphaël Halimi
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