[Deborphan-devel] Bug#730642: deborphan: false positive: hdfview

[Justin B Rye]

reassign 730642 hdfview
tags 730642 patch
thanks

Package: deborphan
Followup-For: Bug #730642

(I'm not a maintainer for deborphan or hdfview or any other package;
I'm just a random bystander with an idea for a fix.)

Joachim Wuttke wrote:
> in words: after explicitly installing hdfview,
> deboprhan incorrectly thinks it is an orphan.

As far as deborphan can be expected to know, that's correct: hdfview
declares itself to be in "Section: libs", and a runtime library
package that no other installed software depends on is a valid
suggestion for removal.

If hdfview exists to provide users with a utility for viewing
Hierarchical Data Format files then it should declare itself to be in
some other Section.  I'm guessing "Section: science" would be more
appropriate, but Joachim might have a better idea.
-- 
JBR	with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
	sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
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