reassign 730642 hdfview tags 730642 patch thanks Package: deborphan Followup-For: Bug #730642
(I'm not a maintainer for deborphan or hdfview or any other package; I'm just a random bystander with an idea for a fix.) Joachim Wuttke wrote: > in words: after explicitly installing hdfview, > deboprhan incorrectly thinks it is an orphan. As far as deborphan can be expected to know, that's correct: hdfview declares itself to be in "Section: libs", and a runtime library package that no other installed software depends on is a valid suggestion for removal. If hdfview exists to provide users with a utility for viewing Hierarchical Data Format files then it should declare itself to be in some other Section. I'm guessing "Section: science" would be more appropriate, but Joachim might have a better idea. -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
diff -ru jhdf-2.9.pristine/debian/control jhdf-2.9/debian/control --- jhdf-2.9.pristine/debian/control 2013-05-28 17:31:50.000000000 +0100 +++ jhdf-2.9/debian/control 2013-11-27 20:56:38.604805011 +0000 @@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ for the Java bindings for HDF4. Package: hdfview +Section: science Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libjgraph-java, libjhdf5-java, libjhdf4-java, java-wrappers, default-jre