[Bug 495355] [NEW] Dummy package python-gnome2-desktop cannot be removed because conduit depends on it

[humsuploh]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: conduit

Hi,

Out of curiosity, I did a dpkg -l|grep dummy to see what dummy packages
there are on my system. This to facilitate my purging of them all in one
fell swoop. python-gnome2-desktop happens to be one such package. While
apt-cache show python-gnome2-desktop (see complete output below),
reveals that it "is a dummy package that depends from all the modules
that used to be together" and that I "can safely remove it from your
system", when I actually tried to do so by issuing sudo aptitude --purge
remove python-gnome2-desktop, aptitude informs that the package conduit
will be broken should I do so (see aptitude output below).

I also tried aptitude why-not python-gnome2-desktop to find out as to
why it can't be uninstalled, output returned by aptitude reads "Unable
to find a reason to remove python-gnome2-desktop". From what I can see
from the result of doing an apt-cache show conduit. python-
gnome2-desktop is a required dependency of conduit's (see below). But
the thing is, if it is so, why the mention that it is "a dummy package
that depends from all the modules that used to be together. You can
safely remove it from your system."? Is not this misleading? Should not
the references to python-gnome2-desktop being a "dummy package" and that
" You can safely remove it from your system." be removed altogether?

~> apt-cache show python-gnome2-desktop
Package: python-gnome2-desktop
Priority: optional
Section: python
Installed-Size: 60
Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team <ubuntu-desktop at lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Loic Minier <lool at dooz.org>
Architecture: all
Source: gnome-python-desktop
Version: 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
Depends: python-bugbuddy (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-evince (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-evolution (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-gnomeapplet (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-gnomedesktop (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-gnomekeyring (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-gnomeprint (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-gtksourceview (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-gtop (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-mediaprofiles (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-metacity (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-nautilusburn (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-rsvg (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-totem-plparser (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-wnck (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1)
Suggests: python-gnome2-desktop-doc, python-gnome2-desktop-dbg
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-python-desktop/python-gnome2-desktop_2.28.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 29490
MD5sum: e6bb6b0b9fd23a477402ef1a2fd74f0a
SHA1: 558d2bf94b18fdfcd33e1aba8813ddf2ab37517f
SHA256: 96cc1e29c556ecb91c6d94d9c51b5d49df3e51e74d36d40f2123ca5d462e9aa1
Description: Python bindings for the GNOME desktop environment (dummy package)
 This archive contains modules that allow you to write GNOME programs
 in Python.
 .
 This is a dummy package that depends from all the modules that used to
 be together. You can safely remove it from your system.
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome

~> sudo aptitude --purge remove python-gnome2-desktop
[sudo] password for rajasun: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  conduit 
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  python-gnome2-desktop 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 61.4kB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  conduit: Depends: python-gnome2-desktop (>= 2.22.0-1) but it is not installable
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
conduit

Score is 119

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies.
Abort.


~> aptitude why-not python-gnome2-desktop
Unable to find a reason to remove python-gnome2-desktop.


 affects ubuntu/conduit

My system information:
Linux rajasun-desktop 2.6.31-16-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 8 04:01:29 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
Affected package version:
conduit	0.3.16-0ubuntu3.1

** Affects: conduit (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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