#914869 Recommends obsolete libavcodec versions preventing their autoremoval

Package:
firefox
Source:
firefox
Description:
Mozilla Firefox web browser
Submitter:
Michael Biebl
Date:
2018-11-28 05:57:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#914869#5
Date:
2018-11-28 05:39:05 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

today I noticed that I still had libavcodec57 installed, which also kept
the obsolete libx264-152 installed, which no longer exists in the
archive.

The reason why those libaries were not autoremoved by "apt autoremove"
is that firefox has an explicit Recommends on libavcodec57, even if it's
only an alternative Recommends.

Please consider dropping old versions of libavcodec from the alternative
Recommends list so obsolete libraries can be properly autoremoved.

Regards,
Michael
#914869#10
Date:
2018-11-28 05:45:11 UTC
From:
To:
Am 28.11.18 um 06:39 schrieb Michael Biebl:

# apt purge libavcodec57 --autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libavcodec57* libavutil55* libswresample2* libx264-152* libx265-160*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
After this operation, 32.7 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]


firefox-esr has the same problem, so cloning the bug report accordingly.


Regards,
Michael