#1119226 gnucobol4: Depends on db5.3

Package:
src:gnucobol4
Source:
src:gnucobol4
Submitter:
Chris Hofstädtler
Date:
2026-09-07 10:11:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1119226#5
Date:
2025-10-27 22:06:31 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

your package depends or otherwise uses db5.3 ("Berkeley DB"). The
upstream of db5.3 has ceased maintaining it, and it is also orphaned
in Debian. See #987013 for discussion. Please update your package to
remove any uses of db5.3 for forky.
If necessary, provide an upgrade path in forky and remove usage in
duke.

Chris
#1119226#12
Date:
2026-09-07 10:08:15 UTC
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The package is not actually used. Please just drop libdb-dev from
Build-Depends.