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[Jeremy Bícha <2054908@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, pulling in postfix is very disruptive since gpg-wks-client was
seeded in Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 LTS and 23.10 and several flavors.
postfix's install has a debconf prompt which is now allowed for the
default desktop install.

** Summary changed:

- gnupg is pulling in gpg-wks-server which pulls in postfix
+ gpg-wks-server pulls in postfix

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  gpg-wks-server pulls in postfix

Status in Auto Package Testing:
  New
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in gnupg2 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in munin package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Example 1
  ----
  I did a sudo apt dist-upgrade today on my developer machine running Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS and it surprisingly pulled in postfix.

  I did not built this into a full reproducible test case because I
  found another test case…

  Example 2
  ----
  munin's autopkgtests are now failing because postfix and gpg-wks-server is now unexpectedly being installed.

  https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/munin/noble/amd64

  Other Info
  ----
  gnupg2's changelog indicates that there was an attempt to avoid this misbehavior by having gnupg only Suggest gpg-wks-server. In fact, there is **nothing** in Ubuntu that Depends or Recommends gpg-wks-server.

  Notably, gnupg has
  Suggests: gpg-wks-server (<< 2.4.4-2ubuntu7.1~), gpg-wks-server (>= 2.4.4-2ubuntu7)

  I don't recall ever seeing strict versioned Suggests before so it's my
  wild guess that apt does not strict handle versioned Suggests in the
  expected way.

  As a workaround, try dropping the versions from gnupg's Suggests.

  But the true fix may be in apt.

  I added a munin bug task as a pointer in case anyone wonder's about
  the autopkgtest regression but I don't believe munin needs any
  changes.

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