#1116076 x2gothinclient-chroot: recommends ntp which isn't in Debian

#1116076#5
Date:
2025-09-23 19:33:43 UTC
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Dear maintainer,

I see that the package x2gothinclient-chroot (version 1.5.0.1-10.2)
recommends ntp and syslinux-themes-debian-squeeze which are not in
unstable.

This can be seen in
https://packages.debian.org/unstable/x2gothinclient-chroot

Should they be dropped or changed?

I see that https://tracker.debian.org has information on the not
available packages:

- https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ntp : removed from Debian in 2022.
  Perhaps it should recommend something else?
- https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/syslinux-themes-debian-squeeze : not
  found (never in Debian), I don't see anything similar searching by
  syslinux-themes. Perhaps needs just dropping?

Thank you,

#1116076#10
Date:
2025-10-18 05:22:30 UTC
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To:
Hi,
package (or systemd-timesyncd | time-daemon).

#1116076#15
Date:
2025-11-30 03:11:29 UTC
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I don't know enough about this package to know what it used ntp for.

I'm raising the severity of this issue because it violates Debian
Policy §2.2.1 for a package in main to recommend packages that aren't
in main.

https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#the-main-archive-area

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha