Brendan O'Dea:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.5.52
>
> I added calls to dh_autotools-dev_{update,restore}config to the debian/rules
> for vile* in order to update/restore the config.guess/config.sub. I added a
> versioned build-dependency for the version of autotools-dev which added these
> commands:
>
> autotools-dev (>= 20100122.1)
>
> lintian issued the folowing warning:
>
> W: vile source: useless-autoreconf-build-depends autotools-dev
>
> If I remove the dependency, lintian then gives the error:
>
> E: vile source: missing-build-dependency-for-dh_-command
> dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig => autotools-dev
>
> * https://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/vile.git
>
True, that is a bit unfortunate. I suspect the former tag implicit
assumes that you use "dh" and not classic debhelper.
A quick fix for the vile package could be to replace the
dh_autotools-dev_updateconfig command with dh_update_autotools_config
and then drop dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig. That would give you the
same features without the autotools-dev B-D (plus one command less in
your d/rules).
Thanks,
~Niels
