Bug#583777: lintian: package-lacks-versioned-build-depends-on-debhelper seems to ignore depends ending in a tilde
Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> writes:
> Despite the following line in debian/control of mp4h:
> Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5~), […]
> lintian argues as follows:
> W: mp4h source: package-lacks-versioned-build-depends-on-debhelper 5
> I thought build-dependencies on debhelper should end in a tilde to allow
> the usage of backported versions of debhelper.
In general, it should, but since debhelper never releases a version 5
(it's always 5.0.0 or the like, which sorts after 5 even for backports),
it's not needed here. And unfortunately Lintian isn't quite bright enough
to know that this isn't needed without also recommending everyone use a
tilde here, which would be unnecessary.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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