Bug#1116138: mklibs: recommends libc6.1-pic, libc0.1-pic and libc0.3-pic which are not in unstable

[Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>]

Hi,

On 2025-09-24 08:30, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hello Carles,
> 
> On Wed, 2025-09-24 at 06:28 +0100, Carles Pina i Estany wrote:
> > I see that the package mklibs (version 0.1.45) recommends libc6.1-pic,
> > libc0.1-pic and libc0.3-pic which are not in unstable.
> > 
> > This can be seen in https://packages.debian.org/unstable/mklibs . Search
> > for "Package not available".
> 
> These packages existed in Debian Ports for the alpha and hurd-* ports which
> both have differently versioned C libraries, see:
> 
> - http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/pool-alpha/main/g/glibc/
> - http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/pool-hurd-i386/main/g/glibc/
> 
> > Should they be dropped or changed?
> 
> Since the -pic packages were dropped in glibc 2.31-0experimental1 [1],
> they can probably be dropped. But Aurelien Jarno would know better.

There is nothing related to alpha and hurd architectures here except 
that they recommends a different package due to a different soname. The 
whole Recommends line can be dropped:

  Recommends: libc6-pic | libc6.1-pic | libc0.1-pic | libc0.3-pic

But maybe the best is to just remove the whole package which is not used 
anymore.

Regards
Aurelien

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