#1132985 override: manpages-utils:doc/optional

Package:
ftp.debian.org
Source:
ftp.debian.org
Submitter:
Daniel Lewart
Date:
2026-08-01 11:15:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1132985#5
Date:
2026-04-08 11:51:20 UTC
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To:
manpages-utils is a recently created binary package:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/manpages/-/commit/ed8d2c11

It inherits the manpages Source Priority of standard.

By my interpretation of Debian Policy 2.5 Priorities:
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-priorities
manpages-utils should be optional.

Thank you!
Daniel Lewart
Urbana, Illinois
#1132985#10
Date:
2026-04-09 10:00:19 UTC
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To:
Am 08.04.26 um 13:51 schrieb Daniel Lewart:

Hi Daniel,

thanks for spotting this, I've just uploaded manpages 6.17-4 with a
fixed "Priority: optional" for manpages-utils.

Regards,
Tobias
#1132985#15
Date:
2026-08-01 11:12:30 UTC
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To:
manpages-utils pulls in 20 packages and uses 60 MB.

$ sudo apt autopurge manpages-utils
REMOVING:
  git*                 libnghttp3-9*              libsasl2-modules*
  git-man*             libngtcp2-16*              libsasl2-modules-db*
  libcurl3t64-gnutls*  libngtcp2-crypto-gnutls8*  libssh2-1t64*
  libcurl4-gnutls*     libpcre2-16-0*             manpages-utils*
  liberror-perl*       libpcre2-32-0*             patch*
  libldap-common*      libpcre2-posix3*           pcre2-utils*
  libldap2*            libsasl2-2*

Summary:
  Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 20, Not Upgrading: 0
  Freed space: 60.3 MB