Package: elvis-tiny Version: 1.4-23 Severity: normal Tags: patch Your package, apparently since its introduction 19 years ago, uses Pre-depends for no apparent reason. Here is the trivial patch to fix that:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- --- debian/control~ 2012-06-30 09:31:19.000000000 +0200 +++ debian/control 2016-06-11 08:05:55.994847465 +0200 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Package: elvis-tiny Architecture: any -Pre-depends: ${shlibs:Depends} +Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} Description: Tiny vi compatible editor for the base system Elvis-tiny is based on a 1991 Minix version of elvis. You should install another vi-editor (such as "vim", "elvis" or "nvi") if you want a vi --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---