On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 12:34:01PM +0200, Arjan Oosting wrote: > > > If it really should not be done, maybe a check could be added to lintian > > > and/or linda and CDBS and the policy should be updated. > > > > There *is* a lintian check for this, and there is no need for policy to be > > updated -- just for you to follow it. > Well my package *is* lintian and linda clean, so I guess the check is > broken or I am doing something awefully wrong ;) I will attach the debug > output of lintian. $ echo 'E: foo source: depends-on-build-essential-package-without-using-version' | lintian-info E: foo source: depends-on-build-essential-package-without-using-version N: N: The package declares a depends on a build essential package without N: using a versioned depends. In general a package should not depend on N: build essential packages but if it must do so, the depends should have N: a version string. N: N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 4.2 for details. N: $ Yeah, so I don't know why this check isn't being triggered if it applies to your package. The version of gaim-extendedprefs in the archive doesn't seem to have any build-deps on build-essential packages, so I can't compare. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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