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gpsd package

"gpsd" recommends the package "python", which doesn't exist in Focal

Bug #1871737 reported by d-d-2
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Bug Description

For reference: https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/gpsd

The package "gpsd" Recommends the package "python", but versionless "python" doesn't exist on Focal -- only "python2" and "python3" exist in Focal.

I would think to remove the "Recommends: python" from the deb packaging.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gpsd (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)
tags: added: focal packaging
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Changed in gpsd (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer) wrote :

root@f:~# apt-cache show gpsd
Package: gpsd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.20-8
...
Depends: netbase | systemd-sysv, lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), adduser (>= 3.34), libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libc6 (>= 2.29), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8), libgps26 (= 3.20-8)
Recommends: udev, python3

This should be good by now.

Changed in gpsd (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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d-d-2 (dandromb) wrote :

I made a tracking bug for the other packages that have "Recommends: python".

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1873299

...

I also made another bug for packages that merely have "Suggests: python", which I suppose is less serious.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1872331

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