Re: A problem with Build-Depends

[Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org>]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Dale E Martin wrote:

> 
> Lintian is saying to me:
> ~/debian> lintian cdparanoia_3a9.8-1.dsc 
> E: cdparanoia source: package-uses-debhelper-but-lacks-build-depends
> 
> But in my control file I have:
> Source: cdparanoia
> Build-Depends: libc6-dev
> Build-Depends-Indep: gcc
> Section: sound
> Priority: optional
> Maintainer: Dale E. Martin <dmartin@debian.org>
> Standards-Version: 3.1.0
> 
> a) Why is lintian complaining?

You need debhelper and it is not in your Build-Depends.


> b) Are my Build-Depends simply silly?  (I.e. is it safe to assume you've
> got gcc and libc6-dev installed if you're building a package?)

Read policy: You can assume essential: Yes packages and the
build-essential[1] package to be installed.



You cannot assume debhelper is installed - write a proper
Build-Depends line for it.

					yours,
					peter
1. Depends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc, g++, make, dpkg-dev (>= 1.4.1.19)
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