severity 405840 wishlist
retitle 405840 lintian: "build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
debhelper" confusing
thanks
Hi,
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 11:27:01AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Package: lintian
> > Version: 1.23.27
> > Severity: normal
>
> > I have:
>
> > | Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper (>= 4.1.75)
>
> > Then lintian gives me:
>
> > | W: debiandoc-sgml source: out-of-date-standards-version 3.6.1 (current is
> > 3.7.2)
> > | E: debiandoc-sgml source: build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
> > debhelper
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Hmmm... I see it is build-dep here.
> > | W: debiandoc-sgml: old-fsf-address-in-copyright-file
>
> > I guess check logic should allow version after package name.
>
> It does. You should probably move debhelper to Build-Depends like lintian
> is suggesting. Try running lintian -i for more information about why this
> is the case, and let me know if, after reading that, you still think the
> message is wrong.
No. It is correct but somewhat confusing tag.
If it was something-like:
E: clean-target-should-be-satisfied-by-build-depends debhelper
I was not confused by my failing eye sight :-)
Osamu
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