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
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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
