Hello, In preparation to address #1138824, I am looking into source packages declaring build-dependency on librdkit-dev. votca does not link against librdkit1, neither it directly uses anything from librdkit-dev. It uses rdkit's Python bindings, python3-rdkit, which depend on librdkit-dev. I attempted building votca without neither of the binary packages from src:rdkit, and build succeeded, with sole difference being the absence of /usr/bin/xtp_autogen_mapping Python script and its documentation. This led me to a conclusion that only rdkit's Python bindings are used by votca. Andrius
Makes sense. If my memory serves correctly, the librdkit-dev dependency was needed in earlier versions for a CMake config check that didn't pick up the Python bindings otherwise. Looks like that's no longer the case, so I'll drop the B-D in the next upload. - Nicholas
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of votca, 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 1149310@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Nicholas Breen <nbreen@debian.org> (supplier of updated votca 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: Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:12:40 -0700 Source: votca Architecture: source Version: 2026-4 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Debichem Team <debichem-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org> Changed-By: Nicholas Breen <nbreen@debian.org> Closes: 1149310 Changes: votca (2026-4) unstable; urgency=medium . * Remove B-D on librdkit-dev - no longer required. (Closes: #1149310) Checksums-Sha1: 5ca22958b8977ef3578a90fab169718521e0c3a1 2747 votca_2026-4.dsc 4cd5de6381d8c23cb71fd3a5b0790e9a7d46448c 264228 votca_2026-4.debian.tar.xz 22c46b85f276a8dd180fb719a03da4f847b8009e 6074 votca_2026-4_source.buildinfo Checksums-Sha256: 7d9a1453005c854ee68f61ab8d7a1b3a4f4183eda80375ab9ce3a3a37a1c1df8 2747 votca_2026-4.dsc d1cc94f80dd938225e2319887d3c0f1cc8304c8e026225acafb05588ae6cb314 264228 votca_2026-4.debian.tar.xz 8e5eabaa599846c050c96547ab70a0c6246f56e0afd36bc8a5ffed5abe80d704 6074 votca_2026-4_source.buildinfo Files: 88b575c156493f5d35df49ce43b3fcca 2747 science optional votca_2026-4.dsc c9bc3ae65058b203ef2fc97da1e13e13 264228 science optional votca_2026-4.debian.tar.xz 27707f4bccd6491a2d957e14e031f8b3 6074 science optional votca_2026-4_source.buildinfo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJGBAEBCgAwFiEEhD5fph5gYziYdtLl7kr9aexlEI8FAmrBtqkSHG5icmVlbkBk ZWJpYW4ub3JnAAoJEO5K/WnsZRCPQUsQAKtblRqjlnCbvHVI5FXCgrjkwap5MVcA YcJZ5Ffm9cdbwW6Cx5vZIrKsmUZ4evRXRYvUGULaFjS8WR4EUpwNr1BR7yfbibU8 0P5sIJ2p3RRLkGlf42HEdHFDTGB3d7Ve4C5puZH+tTfLKy0U8n+5xXAKLv76Hp6n QtFkUY1f6eKIPikqT5iiVBjrN8wM3wLxgGs3XcBCoHL9q1AcPetyKKhVdyNmZCVN JW2Y35B8xdRvw3tHYN4p/vgHZpcBZaVHvEOvboBGu03bPeZHpc8/HnkeMrU1GgCo 7/DSb1FMt+Fbnj6NLic5Nxz6JwygnDkkXGPWAUQebwDluZVk5A14eJx+RTf+GKP+ ueK/8fPqehyWA9LY+T4MDRA0T4SVFHbRgD6Pv8oC0ZiyQn22yBvaBX3RdvivfuhS FQfAu0hE4dsGUfIozZ3waOuD7GMvu6gSjgBpSjn6YCBwTwXmpZStPYGO33l1av9P FuRyuDS/gFaRGX8ZbqZA+ZvhRrcs+pzVa27WXFVVpo9CAYnvk+XpwxUKX/OYbyl/ UiHqmMRV4NS21hzsG0f6zD/b6BCrT/Us7G4jYr9lRD0F6/3HoHL0De3TCXhtj8vy dxCVjSiexbkzqvK6gIQe8bEK7qMsM4xfktkxaeQu4ses8DOy5z6cygCqFgM8eDSg P/b9rDN5belV =xgCC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----