> 4.2. Package relationships > [...] > > When specifying the set of build-time dependencies, one should list > only those packages explicitly required by the build. It is not > necessary to list packages which are required merely because some > other package in the list of build-time dependencies depends on > them.[2] > > This is a policy *should*, so violating this is an important bug. OK, as I am not a native English speaker/reader I guess I misunderstood this part of the policy. > > As it is nowhere forbidden in the policy and I use CDBS to generate > > debian/control from debian/control.in (not a build-time though) and CDBS > > adds the reference to build-essential in the Build-Depends, I am > > inclined to leave build-essential in the Build-Depends list. > > No, CDBS should not be doing this. The one previous case I was aware of > where this happened, I was told that the package was making buggy use of > CDBS internal variables. Well CDBS is certainly doing this for my package gaim-extendedprefs [1] and for gnome-panel, but this seems to be a bug in CDBS. I have submitted a bugreport #316034. > > 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. Anyway thanks for the input. Greetings Arjan Oosting [1] http://moonshine.dnsalias.org/debian/unstable
N: Lintian v1.23.9 N: Lintian root directory: /usr/share/lintian N: Configuration file: /etc/lintianrc N: Laboratory: N: Archive directory: N: Distribution: N: Default unpack level: 1 N: Architecture: any N: ---- N: Setting up lab in /tmp/Tyy0vZFGuU ... N: Processing changes file gaim-extendedprefs_0.4-5_i386.changes ... N: Processing 2 packages... N: Selected action: check N: Requested unpack level: 1 N: Requested data to collect: override-file,copyright-file,file-info,debian-readme,debfiles,init.d,md5sums,changelog-file,diffstat,source-control-file,scripts,objdump-info,menu-files,doc-base-files N: Selected checks: manpages,huge-usr-share,files,menus,debian-readme,md5sums,shared-libs,scripts,debhelper,etcfiles,po-debconf,debconf,standards-version,copyright-file,debdiff,control-file,deb-format,nmu,menu-format,control-files,description,binaries,init.d,spelling,conffiles,fields,changelog-file,infofiles,cruft N: ---- N: Processing source package gaim-extendedprefs (version 0.4-5) ... N: Base directory in lab: /tmp/Tyy0vZFGuU/source/gaim-extendedprefs N: Current unpack level is 0 N: Unpacking package to level 1 ... N: Current unpack level is 1 N: Unpacking package to level 2 ... N: /usr/share/lintian/unpack/unpack-srcpkg-l2 /tmp/Tyy0vZFGuU/source/gaim-extendedprefs N: Collecting info: override-file ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Collecting info: debfiles ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Collecting info: diffstat ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Collecting info: source-control-file ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: debhelper ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: po-debconf ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: standards-version ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: debdiff ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: control-file ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: nmu ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: fields ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: cruft ... N: Decreasing unpack level to 1 (removing files) ... N: ---- N: Processing binary package gaim-extendedprefs (version 0.4-5) ... N: Base directory in lab: /tmp/Tyy0vZFGuU/binary/gaim-extendedprefs N: Current unpack level is 0 N: Unpacking package to level 1 ... N: Current unpack level is 1 N: Unpacking package to level 2 ... N: Collecting info: override-file ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Collecting info: copyright-file ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Collecting info: file-info ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Collecting info: debian-readme ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Collecting info: init.d ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Collecting info: md5sums ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Collecting info: changelog-file ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Collecting info: scripts ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Collecting info: menu-files ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Collecting info: doc-base-files ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Collecting info: objdump-info ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: manpages ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: huge-usr-share ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: files ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: menus ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: debian-readme ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: md5sums ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: shared-libs ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: scripts ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: etcfiles ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: debconf ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: copyright-file ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: deb-format ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: menu-format ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: control-files ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: description ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: binaries ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: init.d ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: spelling ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: conffiles ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: fields ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: changelog-file ... N: Current unpack level is 2 N: Running check: infofiles ... N: Decreasing unpack level to 1 (removing files) ... N: Removing /tmp/Tyy0vZFGuU ...
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