#1069860 lightdm-gtk-greeter: should not recommend the transitional package policykit-1

Package:
lightdm-gtk-greeter
Source:
lightdm-gtk-greeter
Description:
simple display manager (GTK+ greeter)
Submitter:
Vincent Lefevre
Date:
2026-10-23 12:07:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1069860#5
Date:
2024-04-25 21:17:05 UTC
From:
To:
lightdm-gtk-greeter 2.0.9-1 has

  Recommends: [...], polkitd | policykit-1

policykit-1 is now a transitional package. lightdm-gtk-greeter should
not recommend it (even in an OR dependency), otherwise apt or aptitude
cannot propose its removal.

This is even more important now that deborphan has been removed from
Debian.
#1069860#8
Date:
2024-04-29 08:14:20 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

Bug #1069860 in lightdm-gtk-greeter reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/xfce-extras-team/lightdm-gtk-greeter/-/commit/300c0913d8419b98b62f7cdce03df85617d1d5d5
Reading the initial request to update the dependency in bug #1025583, it
seems OK to remove policykit-1. This package has never been backported.
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#1069860#15
Date:
2026-01-10 10:10:41 UTC
From:
To:
Es gibt eine Familienspende in Höhe von 1.850.000,00 USD von Cheng Charlie
Saephan. Bitte antworten Sie für weitere Informationen. Denken Sie daran,
Ihrer Familie und den Bedürftigen in Ihrer Umgebung Gutes zu tun.

Dies ist bereits der zweite Versuch, Sie zu erreichen. Bitte antworten Sie
für weitere Details.
#1069860#18
Date:
2026-01-10 10:10:41 UTC
From:
To:
Es gibt eine Familienspende in Höhe von 1.850.000,00 USD von Cheng Charlie
Saephan. Bitte antworten Sie für weitere Informationen. Denken Sie daran,
Ihrer Familie und den Bedürftigen in Ihrer Umgebung Gutes zu tun.

Dies ist bereits der zweite Versuch, Sie zu erreichen. Bitte antworten Sie
für weitere Details.
#1069860#23
Date:
2026-10-23 12:04:48 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lightdm-gtk-greeter, 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 1069860@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> (supplier of updated lightdm-gtk-greeter package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:43:01 +0200
Source: lightdm-gtk-greeter
Architecture: source
Version: 2.0.9-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers <debian-xfce@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>
Closes: 753484 1069860
Changes:
 lightdm-gtk-greeter (2.0.9-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Håvard F. Aasen ]
   * Only recommend polkitd. Closes: #1069860
   * Update Norwegian Bokmål translation. Closes: #753484
 .
   [ Jeremy Bícha ]
   * Remove Recommends: gnome-themes-extra
   * Don't recommend desktop-base on Ubuntu
   * Install Ubuntu conf files on Ubuntu
 .
   [ Yves-Alexis Perez ]
   * d/watch: migrate to v5 with Github template
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