On Sat, Aug 05, 2017 at 05:47:39PM +0200, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> build-dependency was unnecessary with debhelper ≥ 10 and should be removed:
>
> W: mdocml source: useless-autoreconf-build-depends autotools-dev
>
> After doing that, lintian noted that the autotools_dev addon was missing a
> dependency on autotools-dev:
>
> E: mdocml source: missing-build-dependency-for-dh-addon autotools_dev => autotools-dev
>
> This error seems to directly contradict the earlier warning.
>
> Not only src:mdocml is affected: e.g. src:teg removed the build dependency in
> https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-games/packages/trunk/teg/debian/control?r1=15952&r2=15990
> and now shows up in
> https://lintian.debian.org/tags/missing-build-dependency-for-dh-addon.html.
>
> What course of action is correct? Which warning should be removed from lintian?
Neither of them. The description might be a bit misleading, but it's an
actual "problem" in your package: you need not use
--with autotools_dev
anymore, as starting with debhelper version 9.20160114 debhelper
includes an dh_update_autotools_config helper that is run for all
debhelper compat level.
Also, dropping that `--with autotools_dev` switch will cast away all the
lintian warnings.
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