Hi,
I have a source package (python-astropy) that I now want to remove from
unstable. I took care that all reverse dependencies were removed now in
recent uploads. As suggested in [1], I first issued
$ ssh mirror.ftp-master.debian.org "dak rm -Rn python-astropy"
to see whether it would run without errors. The output is however:
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Will remove the following packages from unstable:
astropy-utils | 1.2.1-1 | all
python-astropy | 1.2.1-1 | source
python-astropy | 2.0.9-1 | source, amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, hurd-i386,
i386, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mips64el, mipsel, ppc64el, s390x
python-astropy-doc | 1.2.1-1 | all
python3-astropy | 1.2.1-1+b1 | hurd-i386
Maintainer: Debian Astronomy Maintainers
<debian-astro-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org>
------------------- Reason -------------------
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Checking reverse dependencies...
# Broken Depends:
aplpy: python-aplpy
python3-aplpy
astlib: python3-astlib
[...]
# Broken Build-Depends:
aplpy: python3-astropy
astrodendro: python3-astropy (>= 0.2.0)
[...]
pyregion: python-astropy
python3-astropy
[...]
Dependency problem found.
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In total, more than 50 mpackages are listed. Many of them because of the
python3-astropy (build) dependency in hurd (which is unavoidable to
break, but that is not a release platform anyway); but also a lot of old
cruft. I though that this would be removed automatically?
So what is the correct way now to get the package removed?
Best regards
Ole
[1] https://wiki.debian.org/ftpmaster_Removals
