Bug#871711: lintian: Can't decide between missing-build-dependency-for-dh_-command and useless-autoreconf-build-depends

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

forcemerge 870829 871711
thanks

Axel Beckert:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.5.52
> Severity: normal
> 
> Lintian can't decide between
> 
> W: zsh source: useless-autoreconf-build-depends autotools-dev
> 
> and
> 
> E: zsh source: missing-build-dependency-for-dh_-command dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig => autotools-dev
> 
> for a compat level 10 source package.
> 
> The only change between these two errors/warnings is this commit:
> 
> [...]
> 

Hi,

This looks like a duplicate of #870829.  The only difference is that the
suggested solution in your case would be to migrate to
"dh_update_autotools_config".

Also, since #870829 was filed, the following related decision also happened:

https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debhelper-devel/2017-August/006303.html

Thanks,
~Niels