Your message dated Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:57:06 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1146424: fixed in libcap-ng 0.9.5-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #1146424,
regarding libcap-ng: introduces a dependency loop via libbluetooth-dev into
architecture bootstrap
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Source: libcap-ng
Version: 0.9.5-1
Severity: serious
Justification: temporarily prevent testing migration
Tags: patch
User: [email protected]
Usertags: rebootstrap
libcap-ng gained a build dependency on libbluetooth-dev. bluez has a
wild zoo of build dependencies many of which do not presently
participate in architecture bootstrap. It also pulls a pile of gir
packages that cannot be cross built without qemu. libcap-ng also is in
the bootstrap set. This is the sort of situation that fundamentally
breaks Debian's ability to be bootstrapped. I am therefore filing this
as serious and hope you agree. Please downgrade if not.
As for solutions, I see that libbluetooth-dev is needed for building
utils, but utils is not what the bootstrap needs. Hence, I propose
adding a pkg.libcap-ng.noutils build profile that disables both. I
compared a full build with a profile build and the packages emitted from
both are bit-identical on amd64. Bootstrap builds can enable this
profile and proceed as they did before (albeit without a libcap-ng-utils
package).
Let me know what you think.
Helmut
diff -Nru libcap-ng-0.9.5/debian/changelog libcap-ng-0.9.5/debian/changelog
--- libcap-ng-0.9.5/debian/changelog 2026-08-26 21:32:42.000000000 +0200
+++ libcap-ng-0.9.5/debian/changelog 2026-09-01 13:22:09.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+libcap-ng (0.9.5-1.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Make bluetooth build dependency optional. (Closes: #-1)
+
+ -- Helmut Grohne <[email protected]> Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:22:09 +0200
+
libcap-ng (0.9.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
* New upstream release.
diff -Nru libcap-ng-0.9.5/debian/control libcap-ng-0.9.5/debian/control
--- libcap-ng-0.9.5/debian/control 2026-08-26 21:32:42.000000000 +0200
+++ libcap-ng-0.9.5/debian/control 2026-09-01 13:22:09.000000000 +0200
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
Build-Depends:
debhelper-compat (= 14),
dh-sequence-python3 <!nopython>,
- libbluetooth-dev,
+ libbluetooth-dev <!pkg.libcap-ng.noutils>,
libpython3-all-dev <!nopython>,
linux-libc-dev,
pkgconf,
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
Package: libcap-ng-utils
Section: admin
Architecture: linux-any
+Build-Profiles: <!pkg.libcap-ng.noutils>
Depends:
libcap-ng0 (= ${binary:Version}),
Description: Utilities for analysing and setting file capabilities
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: libcap-ng
Source-Version: 0.9.5-2
Done: Håvard F. Aasen <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libcap-ng, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Håvard F. Aasen <[email protected]> (supplier of updated libcap-ng package)
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Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:59:53 +0200
Source: libcap-ng
Architecture: source
Version: 0.9.5-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Håvard F. Aasen <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Håvard F. Aasen <[email protected]>
Closes: 1146424
Changes:
libcap-ng (0.9.5-2) unstable; urgency=medium
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[ Helmut Grohne ]
* Make bluetooth build dependency optional. Closes: #1146424
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