Bug#576083: lintian: debhelper-overrides-need-versioned-build-depends (>= 7.0.50~)
Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:
> When using in debian/rules:
> override_<CH_COMMAND>:
> Lintian displays warnings:
> debhelper-overrides-need-versioned-build-depends (>= 7.0.50~)
> if debian/control reads:
> Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7)
> SUGGESITON
> The warning is naturally correct, but taken at face value, the version
> number (while it may be technically correct) is not very descriptive
> to the reader:
> Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~)
> The debhelper is already in version of 7.4.15 in Debian/testing, so
> perhaps the message could be relaxed to a nearest "round" number:
> debhelper-overrides-need-versioned-build-depends (>= 7.1)
That doesn't make any sense to me. Why would we replace a tag which is
accurate with one that isn't? Why is an incorrect dependency on >= 7.1
more descriptive to the reader than a correct dependency on >= 7.0.50~?
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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