#1140742 curl: Curl -dev packages still suggest libidn-dev, but curl itself dropped libidn support long ago

Package:
curl
Source:
curl
Description:
command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
Submitter:
Tim Rühsen
Date:
2026-06-25 12:29:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1140742#5
Date:
2026-06-25 12:26:35 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

the debian/control file still suggests libidn-dev.
This can be removed since curl dropped support for libidn since a while.

It's also confusing that `apt-cache rdepends libidn-dev` outputs
  libcurl4-openssl-dev
  libcurl4-gnutls-dev

This can lead to making wrong decisions or to pulling in libidn-dev
unnecessarily.