Bug#1139257: autoremoval box does not explain removal

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On Sun, Jun 07, 2026 at 11:25:27PM +0200, Drew Parsons wrote:
>>>fenics-dolfinx does not depend on getfem,
>>>and no package that fenics-dolfinx depends on depends on getfem.
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>>Assuming this is true and by "depend" you also mean "build-depend",=20
>>you just need to go deeper.
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>Well, yes, hence this bug report.

Well, it turned out my assumption was wrong.

>>>How I am supposed to interpret this adverb 'transitively'.
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>>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transitive meaning 2.
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>"how to interpret?" is not the same as "what does the word mean?"

Then you may want to ask a more specific question about this. It looks=20
like you already correctly understood that this is about recursive deps=20
but maybe you missed that it's about build-deps too, or that the chain may=
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be longer than three packages?

>>>Where does the knowledge about this autoremoval come from?
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>>I assume it's https://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/autoremovals.cgi or an=20
>>equivalent source.
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>This might be the link that the tracker box needs to add then.

I don't see how would this link help as it doesn't contain what you=20
wanted.

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WBR, wRAR

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