Lintian tag: transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional
Type: warning
Description (from lintian-explain-tags)
The package appears to be a transitional package, but it is not priority
optional and in the oldlibs section.
Using oldlibs/optional assists package managers in handling the transition
package correctly.
Please refer to Bug#645438 and Make transition packages deborphan
compliant (Section 6.8.7) in the Debian Developer's Reference for details.
Visibility: warning
Show-Always: no
Check: fields/section
Renamed from: transitional-package-should-be-oldlibs-extra
transitional-package-should-be-oldlibs-optional
Affected packages
| source |
version |
binary |
level |
tag |
count |
information |
| bbdb |
3.0.3 |
bbdb/3.0.3 |
warning |
transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional |
1 |
mail/optional |
| grub2 |
2.14~git20250718.0e36779-2 |
grub-common/2.14~git20250718.0e36779-2 |
warning |
transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional |
7 |
admin/optional |
| grub2 |
2.14-2 |
grub-common/2.14-2 |
warning |
transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional |
8 |
admin/optional |
| libnvme |
1.16.1-4 |
python3-nvme/1.16.1-4 |
warning |
transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional |
1 |
oldlibs/extra |
| libpcap |
1.10.6-1 |
libpcap-dev/1.10.6-1 |
warning |
transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional |
8 |
libdevel/optional |
| scribus-ng |
1.5.5+dfsg-3+transition |
scribus-ng/1.5.5+dfsg-3+transition |
warning |
transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional |
7 |
graphics/optional |
| scribus-ng |
1.5.5+dfsg-3+transition |
scribus-ng/1.5.5+dfsg-3+transition+b1 |
warning |
transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional |
1 |
graphics/optional |
| scribus-ng |
1.5.5+dfsg-3+transition |
scribus-ng-data/1.5.5+dfsg-3+transition |
warning |
transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional |
1 |
graphics/optional |
| scribus-ng-doc |
1.5.5+dfsg-1+transition |
scribus-ng-doc/1.5.5+dfsg-1+transition |
warning |
transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional |
1 |
doc/optional |
| sox-ng |
14.7.1.1+ds1-1 |
libsox-fmt-all/14.7.1.1+ds1-1 |
warning |
transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional |
8 |
libs/optional |
| sox-ng |
14.7.1.1+ds1-1 |
libsox-fmt-base/14.7.1.1+ds1-1 |
warning |
transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional |
8 |
libs/optional |
| sox-ng |
14.7.1.1+ds1-1 |
libsox-fmt-opus/14.7.1.1+ds1-1 |
warning |
transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional |
8 |
libs/optional |
