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Bug#1103335: sgml-base: drop versioned dependency on dpkg, satisfied since Squeeze

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Package: sgml-base
Version: 1.31

Dear Maintainer(s),

sgml-base depends on dpkg (>= 1.16.4), which shipped in Debian 6.0
(Squeeze) in 2014, 11 years ago. dpkg is prio: essential, so this
dependency is no longer needed.

Dropping the explicit and unnecessary dependency eases building a
package-based minimal, read-only initrd with the maintainer scripts
being ran at image build time, as we can install packages and then
remove apt/dpkg using --root from outside without removing sgml-base,
which is pulled in by xml-core and other packages.

Given this package is in the QA group, I'll shortly upload a DELAYED/5
NMU, debdiff attached. Will push to salsa once it's in unstable.

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Bug#1103335: sgml-base: drop versioned dependency on dpkg, satisfied since Squeeze Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> - 2025-04-16 14:50 +0200

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