#1150739 radioclk: recommends ntp which is not in unstable

Package:
radioclk
Source:
radioclk
Description:
simple ntp refclock daemon for MSF/WWVB/DCF77 time signals
Submitter:
Carles Pina i Estany
Date:
2026-10-13 06:37:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1150739#5
Date:
2026-10-13 06:34:49 UTC
From:
To:
Dear maintainer(s),

I noticed that package radioclk recommends ntp, which is currently not
available in unstable.

See:

- https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ntp

ntp was deleted in 2022 and is only available in old-old-stable right
now.

Other packages, like dovecot, recommended ntp and did this solution:

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dovecot/-/commit/812f0ea434b313d25aa9177ec2e1805e42649d5f

Which seems the way to go (a concrete package and a virtual)

Thank you for your time,

PS[0]: I am developing a tool to detect such issues:
https://salsa.debian.org/carlespina/check-relations . Reports are
manually reviewed before submission. If you would prefer not to receive
such reports (for specific packages, all of your maintained packages,
etc.), please let me know. Any other feedback is welcomed as well. No
more bugreports for this missing relation will be sent.

PS[1]: more information available in
https://salsa.debian.org/carlespina/check-relations/-/blob/main/README.md
and
https://salsa.debian.org/carlespina/check-relations/-/blob/main/docs/bug-report-extra-info.md