Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
Tags: trixie
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Emacsen team
<[email protected]>, [email protected]
Control: affects -1 + src:org-roam
User: [email protected]
Usertags: pu
[ Reason ]
Org-roam's core functionality depends on database support. The
required dependency was not declared in the binary package; however,
the dependency was correctly declared in build-depends, which made
build-time tests and autopkgtests function correctly. This appears to be a
case where the Uploaders do not actually use the package.
Meanwhile, my hypothesis for why dh-elpa failed to generate the
correct binary dependency is this: emacsql-sqlite.el is provided by
two packages; elpa-emacsql sorts before elpa-emacsql-sqlite; a
dependency on the barebones variant bundled with elpa-emacsql was
generated because dh-elpa uses first-match-wins logic.
[ Impact ]
Elpa-org-roam does not function at all.
[ Tests ]
This is a dependency issue (non-code), and I verified that it produces
the intended effect (resolving #1144053).
[ Risks ]
No risk. See debdiff for the trivial fix.
[ Checklist ]
[x] *all* changes are documented in the d/changelog
[x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
[x] attach debdiff against the package in (old)stable
[x] the issue is verified as fixed in unstable
[ Changes ]
In trixie, the required full-featured variant of emacsql-sqlite.el is
provided by elpa-emacsql-sqlite, which I have added to the binary
package's Depends.
[ Other info ]
In testing and unstable, the full-featured variant of
emacsql-sqlite.el is provided by elpa-emacsql rather than by
elpa-emacsql-sqlite in trixie, so I used a versioned dependency to
correct the issue there.
diff -Nru org-roam-2.3.1/debian/changelog org-roam-2.3.1/debian/changelog
--- org-roam-2.3.1/debian/changelog 2025-06-29 19:25:56.000000000 -0400
+++ org-roam-2.3.1/debian/changelog 2026-08-11 14:52:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+org-roam (2.3.1-1+deb13u1) trixie; urgency=medium
+
+ * Team upload.
+ * Resolve undeclared mandatory dependency. Org-roam does not function
+ without emacsql-sqlite.el. In trixie this library is provided by
+ elpa-emacsql-sqlite, and this dependency must be declared
+ (Closes: #1144053).
+
+ -- Nicholas D Steeves <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:52:45 -0400
+
org-roam (2.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
* Update to new upstream version 2.3.1.
diff -Nru org-roam-2.3.1/debian/control org-roam-2.3.1/debian/control
--- org-roam-2.3.1/debian/control 2025-06-29 19:25:56.000000000 -0400
+++ org-roam-2.3.1/debian/control 2026-08-11 14:52:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
Package: elpa-org-roam
Architecture: all
-Depends: ${elpa:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ${elpa:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, elpa-emacsql-sqlite
Recommends: emacs
Suggests: org-roam-doc
Enhances: emacs
File lists identical (after any substitutions)
Control files: lines which differ (wdiff format)
------------------------------------------------
Depends: elpa-dash (>= 2.13), elpa-org (>= 9.6), elpa-emacsql (>= 4.1.0),
elpa-magit-section (>= 3.0.0), dh-elpa-helper, [-emacsen-common-]
{+emacsen-common, elpa-emacsql-sqlite+}
Installed-Size: [-306-] {+307+}
Version: [-2.3.1-1-] {+2.3.1-1+deb13u1+}
File lists identical (after any substitutions)
Control files: lines which differ (wdiff format)
------------------------------------------------
Depends: elpa-org-roam (= [-2.3.1-1)-] {+2.3.1-1+deb13u1)+}
Version: [-2.3.1-1-] {+2.3.1-1+deb13u1+}
