Bug#881582: dpkg-dev: dpkg disagrees with policy on build-conflicts

Hi! On Mon, 2017-11-13 at 17:35:06 +0900, Norbert Preining wrote: > severity 881582 wishlist > retitle 881582 allow conflict against actual package even if provided by > different one > thanks I don't think this is needed. Even less so now that we have versioned provides. Ideally perl would swit

Bug#881582: dpkg-dev: dpkg disagrees with policy on build-conflicts

severity 881582 wishlist retitle 881582 allow conflict against actual package even if provided by different one thanks > $ dpkg -l libunicode-collate-perl > > un libunicode-collate-perl (no description > available) > $ grep Conflicts debian/control > Build-Conflicts:

Bug#881582: dpkg-dev: dpkg disagrees with policy on build-conflicts

Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.19.0.4 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 7.4 Dear dpkg maintainers, it seems that dpkg is in conflict with section 7.4, where the following is stated: A package will not cause a conflict merely because its configuration files are still installed; it must be a