On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Cameron Dale wrote: > Moreover this will prevent my packages inclusion in Etch due to the > lintian errors generated by compiling my program with python-support > and uploading it to the archive. The Lintian error for > python-script-but-no-python-dep states: > > Packages with scripts that are executed with python must depend on the > package python. > > As a result of this problem, I am considering resetting the severity > to serious on this bug, or opening a new one with this severity. I'd > rather not do this though, so please feel free to present some more > reasoning on why this is not a serious bug, and I will consider it.
I have also been hit by this bug but there's an easy work-around for your packages: create a debian/pyversions file with "2.3-" (or whatever is the minimum version that your package support) and you will end up with a versioned dependency and no lintian errrors. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Premier livre français sur Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/
