Re: which packages still depend on python2.3?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 10/21/06 06:02, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> On 10/21/06, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
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>> On 10/21/06 05:13, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > I managed to remove python2.3 without problems on my system, meaning
>> > that everyone uses python2.4. Are there packages which depend only on
>> > python2.3, and if not, why is it still kept around?
>>
>> On my Sid system:
>>
>> # wajig purge python2.3
>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of python2.3:
>>  python-profiler depends on python2.3.
>>  gnumeric-plugins-extra depends on python2.3 (>= 2.3).
>>  bittorrent depends on python2.3.
>> dpkg: error processing python2.3 (--purge):
>>  dependency problems - not removing
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  python2.3
> 
> Unless you haven't updated in a while, the only one (of the three)
> strictly requiring python2.3 is bittorrent. That's according to the
> packages.debian.org pages.

Actually, the opposite.  bittorrent "Depends: *python* (>= 2.3)".  I
had updated before I sent the email, but not upgraded bittorrent.

# wajig update
Ign http://oss.oracle.com unstable Release.gpg
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org ../project/experimental Release.gpg
[189B]
Hit http://oss.oracle.com unstable Release

[snip]
Hit ftp://mirrors.kernel.org unstable/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/main Packages
Fetched 5562B in 4s (1179B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Merging available information
Replacing available packages info, using /var/cache/apt/available.
Information about 19821 package(s) was updated.
This is the same as the previous count with 0 new packages.
There are 0 new upgrades

# wajig purge python2.3
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of python2.3:
 python-profiler depends on python2.3.
 gnumeric-plugins-extra depends on python2.3 (>= 2.3).
dpkg: error processing python2.3 (--purge):
 dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python2.3


# wajig policy python-profiler
python-profiler:
  Installed: 2.4.4-1
  Candidate: 2.4.4-1
  Version table:
 *** 2.4.4-1 0
        500 ftp://mirrors.kernel.org unstable/non-free Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


# wajig policy gnumeric-plugins-extra
gnumeric-plugins-extra:
  Installed: 1.6.3-3
  Candidate: 1.6.3-3
  Version table:
     1.7.2-1 0
          1 http://ftp.us.debian.org ../project/experimental/main
Packages
 *** 1.6.3-3 0
        500 ftp://mirrors.kernel.org unstable/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status



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