#958628 postgresql-common: Declares alternative Build-Depends on deprecated dh-systemd which is going away

Package:
src:postgresql-common
Source:
postgresql-common
Submitter:
Date:
2021-03-15 12:18:04 UTC
Severity:
minor
#958628#5
Date:
2020-04-23 20:45:25 UTC
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To:
Hi,

your package postgresql-common declares an alternative build dependency on dh-systemd.
dh-systemd was merged into debhelper in version 9.20160709 [1] and since
stretch, dh-systemd is an empty transitional package.

For bullseye we intend to drop this empty transitional package.

Please consider dropping the "| dh-systemd" alternative Build-Depends in one of
your next uploads. It is no longer required (not even for backports) and is
only confusing.

Regards,
Michael

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=822670
#958628#8
Date:
2021-03-15 12:10:11 UTC
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I believe it is still required for backports to Ubuntu xenial, but
luckily that is going away soon.

Christoph
#958628#13
Date:
2021-03-15 12:14:10 UTC
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Am 15.03.21 um 13:10 schrieb Christoph Berg:

xenial-backports provides a recent enough debhelper [1]. And since this
is only a build dependency, I think it's fine to just pull debhelper
from there.

Regards,
Michael

[1] https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-backports/debhelper