On 12/07/25 at 10:22 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > Control: tags -1 unreproducible > Control: severity -1 normal > thanks > > On Tue, Jul 01, 2025 at 10:36:57AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > 1. apt install mediainfo # this installs a dozen of dependencies, such as > > 'publicsuffix' > > 2. debfoster > > 3. answer "prune" for mediainfo > > > > I get the following result: > > > > > root@d12:~# debfoster > > > > > > mediainfo is keeping the following 21 packages installed: > > > libcurl3t64-gnutls libgnutls30t64 libldap-common libldap2 > > > libmediainfo0v5 libmms0 libnghttp2-14 libnghttp3-9 libngtcp2-16 > > > libngtcp2-crypto-gnutls8 libp11-kit0 libpsl5t64 > > > librtmp1 libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-db libssh2-1t64 > > > libtasn1-6 libtinyxml2-11 libzen0t64 publicsuffix > > > Keep mediainfo? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: P > > > > > > [...] > > > Reading package lists... Done > > > Building dependency tree... Done > > > Reading state information... Done > > > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > > > required: > > > libgnutls30t64 libldap-common libmms0 libnghttp2-14 libnghttp3-9 > > > libngtcp2-16 libpsl5t64 libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-db > > > libssh2-1t64 libtinyxml2-11 libzen0t64 > > > publicsuffix > > > Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them. > > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > > > libcurl3t64-gnutls* libldap2* libmediainfo0v5* > > > libngtcp2-crypto-gnutls8* librtmp1* mediainfo* > > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > > After this operation, 12.3 MB disk space will be freed. > > > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > > > > I would expect debfoster to request the removal of other mediainfo > > dependencies, like it did in bookworm. > > Works for me. Please help me reproduce this issue. Tagging and > downgrading.
Ah, yes, sorry. What I was doing (using your example below) is: Answer Y to "Keep build-essential? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: " Answer P to "Keep mediainfo? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: " then press X to "Remove unwanted packages and exit." I was under the impression that in that case, it would also remove dependencies of the pruned package. But I checked in Debian 11 and I am wrong (the behaviour is the same in 11, 12, 13). Best, Lucas
