Subject: Re: bug#753: gdb: Package gdb-doc is unavailable, but is suggested when installing gdb

From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:42:03 +0100

Control: tags -1 debian

Fredrik,

On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 09:25:51PM +0200, Fredrik Nyqvist wrote:
>    Package: gdb
>    Version: 10.1-1.7
>    Severity: minor
>    Tags: a11y
>    Dear Maintainer,
>       * What led up to the situation?
>    1. Installing gdb via apt
>     sudo apt install gdb
>    2. gdb-doc is suggested by apt
>    3. Trying to install gdb-doc
>     sudo apt install gdb-doc
>    4. An error message is shown saying that the package gdb-doc is not
>    available.

Unexpectedly and for lengthy historical reasons[1], gdb-doc is part of
non-free. If you add non-free to your sources.list you will be able to install
it[2].

Closing.

Mark

[1]  https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/11/msg00400.html

[2]  https://pkginfo.devuan.org/gdb-doc