#1150743 thunar: recommends policykit-1-gnome which is not in unstable

Package:
thunar
Source:
thunar
Description:
File Manager for Xfce
Submitter:
Carles Pina i Estany
Date:
2026-10-13 07:05:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1150743#5
Date:
2026-10-13 07:02:37 UTC
From:
To:
Dear maintainer(s),

I noticed that package thunar recommends policykit-1-gnome, which is
currently not available in unstable.

See:

- https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/policykit-1-gnome

I see that is only available in old-old-stable and old-stable.

It might be that one of the binary packages (gir1.2-polkit-1.0?) from
the source package policykit-1 should be used instead. I am not familiar
on policykit-1-gnome or how is used by thunar.

I also see that package polkit-1-auth-agent, also in the recommends:
https://salsa.debian.org/xfce-team/desktop/thunar/-/blob/debian/master/debian/control?ref_type=heads#L78

Does not exist either.

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