debian: refresh stale webhttrack browser dependency

The webhttrack Depends listed iceape-browser, iceweasel, icecat, mozilla,
firefox and mozilla-firefox as browser alternatives. All six have been
removed from Debian (iceweasel was only ever a firefox-esr stub, firefox is
not in Debian main), so qa.debian.org/debcheck flagged them as half-broken
relationships. The OR-chain still resolved via the trailing www-browser
virtual package, so it was noise rather than a real installability failure.

Replace them with firefox-esr | chromium | www-browser: two real browsers
that exist in Debian today plus the virtual fallback. google-chrome is left
out deliberately since it is not in the Debian archive and would reintroduce
the same half-broken relationship.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Xavier Roche <roche@httrack.com>

debian/changelog

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ httrack (3.49.8-1) unstable; urgency=medium
     common-licenses/GPL-3, use a secure version=4 watch file, add
     Rules-Requires-Root and Vcs-Browser, and override the false-positive
     source-is-missing on the bundled HTML documentation.
+  * Refresh the webhttrack browser dependency: drop the removed alternatives
+    (iceape-browser, iceweasel, icecat, mozilla, firefox, mozilla-firefox)
+    that no longer exist in Debian and triggered half-broken relationships on
+    the QA debcheck page. Depend on firefox-esr | chromium | www-browser
+    instead.
 
  -- Xavier Roche <xavier@debian.org>  Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:29:24 +0200
 

debian/control

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Description: Copy websites to your computer (Offline browser)
 Package: webhttrack
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: foreign
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, webhttrack-common, sensible-utils, iceape-browser | iceweasel | icecat | mozilla | firefox | mozilla-firefox | www-browser
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, webhttrack-common, sensible-utils, firefox-esr | chromium | www-browser
 Replaces: webhttrack-common (<< 3.43.9-2)
 Breaks: webhttrack-common (<< 3.43.9-2)
 Suggests: httrack, httrack-doc

debian/webhttrack.files

@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ usr/share/man/man1/webhttrack.1
 usr/share/man/man1/htsserver.1
 usr/share/applications/WebHTTrack-Websites.desktop
 usr/share/applications/WebHTTrack.desktop
-usr/share/metainfo/com.httrack.WebHTTrack.metainfo.xml

html/Makefile.am

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ WebIcon16x16dir = $(datadir)/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps
 WebIcon32x32dir = $(datadir)/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
 WebIcon48x48dir = $(datadir)/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
 VFolderEntrydir = $(prefix)/share/applications
-MetaInfodir = $(datadir)/metainfo
 
 # Wildcards are globbed against $(srcdir): a bare "*.html" is resolved against
 # the build dir and stays unexpanded (breaking "make") in an out-of-tree build.
@@ -34,12 +33,11 @@ WebIcon16x16_DATA = $(srcdir)/server/div/16x16/*.png
 WebIcon32x32_DATA = $(srcdir)/server/div/32x32/*.png
 WebIcon48x48_DATA = $(srcdir)/server/div/48x48/*.png
 VFolderEntry_DATA = $(srcdir)/server/div/*.desktop
-MetaInfo_DATA = $(srcdir)/server/div/*.metainfo.xml
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(HelpHtml_DATA) $(HelpHtmlimg_DATA) $(HelpHtmlimages_DATA) \
 	$(HelpHtmldiv_DATA) $(WebHtml_DATA) $(WebHtmlimages_DATA) \
 	$(WebPixmap_DATA) $(WebIcon16x16_DATA) $(WebIcon32x32_DATA) $(WebIcon48x48_DATA) \
-	$(VFolderEntry_DATA) $(MetaInfo_DATA) \
+	$(VFolderEntry_DATA) \
 	httrack.css
 
 install-data-hook:

html/Makefile.in

@@ -152,15 +152,14 @@ am__uninstall_files_from_dir = { \
 am__installdirs = "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmldir)" \
 	"$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmlTxtdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmldivdir)" \
 	"$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmlimagesdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmlimgdir)" \
-	"$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmlrootdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(MetaInfodir)" \
-	"$(DESTDIR)$(VFolderEntrydir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebHtmldir)" \
-	"$(DESTDIR)$(WebHtmlimagesdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebIcon16x16dir)" \
-	"$(DESTDIR)$(WebIcon32x32dir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebIcon48x48dir)" \
-	"$(DESTDIR)$(WebPixmapdir)"
+	"$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmlrootdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(VFolderEntrydir)" \
+	"$(DESTDIR)$(WebHtmldir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebHtmlimagesdir)" \
+	"$(DESTDIR)$(WebIcon16x16dir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebIcon32x32dir)" \
+	"$(DESTDIR)$(WebIcon48x48dir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebPixmapdir)"
 DATA = $(HelpHtml_DATA) $(HelpHtmlTxt_DATA) $(HelpHtmldiv_DATA) \
 	$(HelpHtmlimages_DATA) $(HelpHtmlimg_DATA) \
-	$(HelpHtmlroot_DATA) $(MetaInfo_DATA) $(VFolderEntry_DATA) \
-	$(WebHtml_DATA) $(WebHtmlimages_DATA) $(WebIcon16x16_DATA) \
+	$(HelpHtmlroot_DATA) $(VFolderEntry_DATA) $(WebHtml_DATA) \
+	$(WebHtmlimages_DATA) $(WebIcon16x16_DATA) \
 	$(WebIcon32x32_DATA) $(WebIcon48x48_DATA) $(WebPixmap_DATA)
 am__tagged_files = $(HEADERS) $(SOURCES) $(TAGS_FILES) $(LISP)
 am__DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in
@@ -321,7 +320,6 @@ WebIcon16x16dir = $(datadir)/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps
 WebIcon32x32dir = $(datadir)/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
 WebIcon48x48dir = $(datadir)/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
 VFolderEntrydir = $(prefix)/share/applications
-MetaInfodir = $(datadir)/metainfo
 
 # Wildcards are globbed against $(srcdir): a bare "*.html" is resolved against
 # the build dir and stays unexpanded (breaking "make") in an out-of-tree build.
@@ -343,11 +341,10 @@ WebIcon16x16_DATA = $(srcdir)/server/div/16x16/*.png
 WebIcon32x32_DATA = $(srcdir)/server/div/32x32/*.png
 WebIcon48x48_DATA = $(srcdir)/server/div/48x48/*.png
 VFolderEntry_DATA = $(srcdir)/server/div/*.desktop
-MetaInfo_DATA = $(srcdir)/server/div/*.metainfo.xml
 EXTRA_DIST = $(HelpHtml_DATA) $(HelpHtmlimg_DATA) $(HelpHtmlimages_DATA) \
 	$(HelpHtmldiv_DATA) $(WebHtml_DATA) $(WebHtmlimages_DATA) \
 	$(WebPixmap_DATA) $(WebIcon16x16_DATA) $(WebIcon32x32_DATA) $(WebIcon48x48_DATA) \
-	$(VFolderEntry_DATA) $(MetaInfo_DATA) \
+	$(VFolderEntry_DATA) \
 	httrack.css
 
 all: all-am
@@ -514,27 +511,6 @@ uninstall-HelpHtmlrootDATA:
 	@list='$(HelpHtmlroot_DATA)'; test -n "$(HelpHtmlrootdir)" || list=; \
 	files=`for p in $$list; do echo $$p; done | sed -e 's|^.*/||'`; \
 	dir='$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmlrootdir)'; $(am__uninstall_files_from_dir)
-install-MetaInfoDATA: $(MetaInfo_DATA)
-	@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
-	@list='$(MetaInfo_DATA)'; test -n "$(MetaInfodir)" || list=; \
-	if test -n "$$list"; then \
-	  echo " $(MKDIR_P) '$(DESTDIR)$(MetaInfodir)'"; \
-	  $(MKDIR_P) "$(DESTDIR)$(MetaInfodir)" || exit 1; \
-	fi; \
-	for p in $$list; do \
-	  if test -f "$$p"; then d=; else d="$(srcdir)/"; fi; \
-	  echo "$$d$$p"; \
-	done | $(am__base_list) | \
-	while read files; do \
-	  echo " $(INSTALL_DATA) $$files '$(DESTDIR)$(MetaInfodir)'"; \
-	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$files "$(DESTDIR)$(MetaInfodir)" || exit $$?; \
-	done
-
-uninstall-MetaInfoDATA:
-	@$(NORMAL_UNINSTALL)
-	@list='$(MetaInfo_DATA)'; test -n "$(MetaInfodir)" || list=; \
-	files=`for p in $$list; do echo $$p; done | sed -e 's|^.*/||'`; \
-	dir='$(DESTDIR)$(MetaInfodir)'; $(am__uninstall_files_from_dir)
 install-VFolderEntryDATA: $(VFolderEntry_DATA)
 	@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
 	@list='$(VFolderEntry_DATA)'; test -n "$(VFolderEntrydir)" || list=; \
@@ -725,7 +701,7 @@ check-am: all-am
 check: check-am
 all-am: Makefile $(DATA)
 installdirs:
-	for dir in "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmldir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmlTxtdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmldivdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmlimagesdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmlimgdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmlrootdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(MetaInfodir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(VFolderEntrydir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebHtmldir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebHtmlimagesdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebIcon16x16dir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebIcon32x32dir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebIcon48x48dir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebPixmapdir)"; do \
+	for dir in "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmldir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmlTxtdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmldivdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmlimagesdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmlimgdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(HelpHtmlrootdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(VFolderEntrydir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebHtmldir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebHtmlimagesdir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebIcon16x16dir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebIcon32x32dir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebIcon48x48dir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(WebPixmapdir)"; do \
 	  test -z "$$dir" || $(MKDIR_P) "$$dir"; \
 	done
 install: install-am
@@ -781,10 +757,10 @@ info-am:
 install-data-am: install-HelpHtmlDATA install-HelpHtmlTxtDATA \
 	install-HelpHtmldivDATA install-HelpHtmlimagesDATA \
 	install-HelpHtmlimgDATA install-HelpHtmlrootDATA \
-	install-MetaInfoDATA install-VFolderEntryDATA \
-	install-WebHtmlDATA install-WebHtmlimagesDATA \
-	install-WebIcon16x16DATA install-WebIcon32x32DATA \
-	install-WebIcon48x48DATA install-WebPixmapDATA
+	install-VFolderEntryDATA install-WebHtmlDATA \
+	install-WebHtmlimagesDATA install-WebIcon16x16DATA \
+	install-WebIcon32x32DATA install-WebIcon48x48DATA \
+	install-WebPixmapDATA
 	@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) install-data-hook
 install-dvi: install-dvi-am
@@ -832,10 +808,10 @@ ps-am:
 uninstall-am: uninstall-HelpHtmlDATA uninstall-HelpHtmlTxtDATA \
 	uninstall-HelpHtmldivDATA uninstall-HelpHtmlimagesDATA \
 	uninstall-HelpHtmlimgDATA uninstall-HelpHtmlrootDATA \
-	uninstall-MetaInfoDATA uninstall-VFolderEntryDATA \
-	uninstall-WebHtmlDATA uninstall-WebHtmlimagesDATA \
-	uninstall-WebIcon16x16DATA uninstall-WebIcon32x32DATA \
-	uninstall-WebIcon48x48DATA uninstall-WebPixmapDATA
+	uninstall-VFolderEntryDATA uninstall-WebHtmlDATA \
+	uninstall-WebHtmlimagesDATA uninstall-WebIcon16x16DATA \
+	uninstall-WebIcon32x32DATA uninstall-WebIcon48x48DATA \
+	uninstall-WebPixmapDATA
 
 .MAKE: install-am install-data-am install-strip
 
@@ -845,21 +821,20 @@ uninstall-am: uninstall-HelpHtmlDATA uninstall-HelpHtmlTxtDATA \
 	install install-HelpHtmlDATA install-HelpHtmlTxtDATA \
 	install-HelpHtmldivDATA install-HelpHtmlimagesDATA \
 	install-HelpHtmlimgDATA install-HelpHtmlrootDATA \
-	install-MetaInfoDATA install-VFolderEntryDATA \
-	install-WebHtmlDATA install-WebHtmlimagesDATA \
-	install-WebIcon16x16DATA install-WebIcon32x32DATA \
-	install-WebIcon48x48DATA install-WebPixmapDATA install-am \
-	install-data install-data-am install-data-hook install-dvi \
-	install-dvi-am install-exec install-exec-am install-html \
-	install-html-am install-info install-info-am install-man \
-	install-pdf install-pdf-am install-ps install-ps-am \
-	install-strip installcheck installcheck-am installdirs \
-	maintainer-clean maintainer-clean-generic mostlyclean \
-	mostlyclean-generic mostlyclean-libtool pdf pdf-am ps ps-am \
-	tags-am uninstall uninstall-HelpHtmlDATA \
-	uninstall-HelpHtmlTxtDATA uninstall-HelpHtmldivDATA \
-	uninstall-HelpHtmlimagesDATA uninstall-HelpHtmlimgDATA \
-	uninstall-HelpHtmlrootDATA uninstall-MetaInfoDATA \
+	install-VFolderEntryDATA install-WebHtmlDATA \
+	install-WebHtmlimagesDATA install-WebIcon16x16DATA \
+	install-WebIcon32x32DATA install-WebIcon48x48DATA \
+	install-WebPixmapDATA install-am install-data install-data-am \
+	install-data-hook install-dvi install-dvi-am install-exec \
+	install-exec-am install-html install-html-am install-info \
+	install-info-am install-man install-pdf install-pdf-am \
+	install-ps install-ps-am install-strip installcheck \
+	installcheck-am installdirs maintainer-clean \
+	maintainer-clean-generic mostlyclean mostlyclean-generic \
+	mostlyclean-libtool pdf pdf-am ps ps-am tags-am uninstall \
+	uninstall-HelpHtmlDATA uninstall-HelpHtmlTxtDATA \
+	uninstall-HelpHtmldivDATA uninstall-HelpHtmlimagesDATA \
+	uninstall-HelpHtmlimgDATA uninstall-HelpHtmlrootDATA \
 	uninstall-VFolderEntryDATA uninstall-WebHtmlDATA \
 	uninstall-WebHtmlimagesDATA uninstall-WebIcon16x16DATA \
 	uninstall-WebIcon32x32DATA uninstall-WebIcon48x48DATA \

html/server/div/WebHTTrack-Websites.desktop

@@ -8,6 +8,3 @@ Comment=Browse Websites Mirrored by WebHTTrack
 Keywords=browse mirrored;
 Exec=webhttrack browse
 Icon=httrack
-# Helper launcher for WebHTTrack's browse mode, not a standalone app: keep it
-# out of software-center catalogs so it doesn't duplicate the main entry.
-X-AppStream-Ignore=true

html/server/div/com.httrack.WebHTTrack.metainfo.xml

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- Copyright 2026 Xavier Roche <roche@httrack.com> -->
-<component type="desktop-application">
-  <id>com.httrack.WebHTTrack</id>
-  <metadata_license>FSFAP</metadata_license>
-  <project_license>GPL-3.0-or-later</project_license>
-  <name>WebHTTrack Website Copier</name>
-  <summary>Copy websites to your computer for offline browsing</summary>
-  <description>
-    <p>
-      WebHTTrack is the web interface to HTTrack, an offline browser utility.
-      It downloads a website from the Internet to a local directory, fetching
-      the HTML, images, and other files and rebuilding the site's link
-      structure so you can browse it offline.
-    </p>
-    <p>
-      A step-by-step web interface guides you through choosing the addresses
-      to mirror and the options to apply. Mirrors can be updated in place and
-      interrupted downloads resumed.
-    </p>
-    <p>Typical uses include:</p>
-    <ul>
-      <li>Keeping an offline copy of a website for reading without a connection</li>
-      <li>Archiving or preserving sites and capturing them for later reference</li>
-      <li>Updating an existing local mirror without downloading it again</li>
-    </ul>
-  </description>
-  <launchable type="desktop-id">WebHTTrack.desktop</launchable>
-  <icon type="stock">httrack</icon>
-  <categories>
-    <category>Network</category>
-  </categories>
-  <keywords>
-    <keyword>offline browser</keyword>
-    <keyword>website copier</keyword>
-    <keyword>mirror</keyword>
-    <keyword>crawl</keyword>
-    <keyword>archiving</keyword>
-  </keywords>
-  <url type="homepage">https://www.httrack.com/</url>
-  <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/xroche/httrack/issues</url>
-  <developer id="com.httrack">
-    <name>Xavier Roche</name>
-  </developer>
-  <screenshots>
-    <screenshot type="default">
-      <caption>Choosing the addresses and options for a new mirror</caption>
-      <image>https://www.httrack.com/html/images/screenshot_01b.jpg</image>
-    </screenshot>
-  </screenshots>
-  <content_rating type="oars-1.1"/>
-  <releases>
-    <release version="3.49.8" date="2026-06-07"/>
-  </releases>
-</component>