Re: which packages still depend on python2.3?

["Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <tshepang@gmail.com>]

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?
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> On my Sid system:
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> # 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.