Gksu in 14.04?

[Tom H]

On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:07 PM, sktsee <sktseer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 05:59:50 -0400, Tom H wrote:


>> I wonder whether Ubuntu has a policy that packages in main can't depend
>> on packages in universe.
>
> http://people.canonical.com/~cjwatson/ubuntu-policy/policy.html/ch-
> archive.html
>
> "Every package in main must comply with the Ubuntu Licensing Policy.
>
> In addition, the packages in main
>
> must not require a package outside of main for compilation or execution
> (thus, the package must not declare a "Depends", "Recommends", or "Build-
> Depends" relationship on a non-main package),
>
> must not be so buggy that we refuse to support them, and
>
> must meet all policy requirements presented in this manual."
>
> Debian's policy includes "Pre-Depends" and "Build-Depends-Indep" as
> prohibited relationships.

In the 12.04 output that you posted earlier, gksu was still in main.

On my 14.04 laptop, the packages with "Depends" and "Recommends"
dependencies on gksu are in universe/multiverse:

# aptitude search -F%p '?depends(gksu)' | xargs apt-cache madison
aptoncd | 0.1.98+bzr117-1.4 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
edubuntu-netboot | 14.04.1 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
gameconqueror | 0.13-1 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
gdebi | 0.9.5.3ubuntu2 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
gdebi | 0.9.5.3 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe
amd64 Packages
gkdebconf | 1.2.68ubuntu2 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
gksu | 2.0.2-6ubuntu2 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
gnome-codec-install | 0.4.7+nmu1ubuntu3 |
http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
gnunet-gtk | 0.9.3-1 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
hannah-foo2zjs | 1:2 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages
hplip-gui | 3.14.3-0ubuntu3.2 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
hplip-gui | 3.14.3-0ubuntu3 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
l2tp-ipsec-vpn | 1.0.9-1 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
libgksu2-dev | 2.0.13~pre1-6ubuntu4 |
http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
mythtv-backend | 2:0.27.0+fixes.20140324.8ee257c-0ubuntu3 |
http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/multiverse amd64
Packages
mythtv-backend | 2:0.27.0+fixes.20140324.8ee257c-0ubuntu2 |
http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages
mythtv-frontend | 2:0.27.0+fixes.20140324.8ee257c-0ubuntu3 |
http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/multiverse amd64
Packages
mythtv-frontend | 2:0.27.0+fixes.20140324.8ee257c-0ubuntu2 |
http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages
network-config | 0.2-1 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
sadms | 2.0.15.repack-0ubuntu2 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
sbackup-gtk | 0.11.6-0ubuntu1 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
system-config-date | 1.9.60-0ubuntu2 |
http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
tcos-configurator | 1.23 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
tcos-standalone | 0.89.93ubuntu2 |
http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
tcosconfig | 0.3.33 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
tcosmonitor | 0.2.49 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
umit | 0.9.5-0ubuntu6 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
unetbootin | 585-2ubuntu1 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages

# aptitude search -F%p '?recommends(gksu)' | xargs apt-cache madison
ettercap-graphical | 1:0.8.0-11 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
galternatives | 0.13.5+nmu2ubuntu1 |
http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
guymager | 0.7.3-2 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
lxde-core | 0.5.0-4ubuntu4 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
macchanger-gtk | 1.1-4 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
synaptic | 0.81.1ubuntu1 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
synaptic | 0.81.1 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
wicd-gtk | 1.7.2.4-4.1ubuntu1 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages
winetricks | 0.0+20140302-0ubuntu2 |
http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
zenmap | 6.40-0.2ubuntu1 | http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
trusty/universe amd64 Packages


> Basically, packages in main can only have Suggests: dependencies on
> packages outside of main, though if I understood the recent discussion on
> the Debian technical committee list correctly, this could change in the
> near future wrt non-free packages.

There'd be a revolution in Debian if this were to be allowed.

(Are you referring to the discussion about the php license?!)