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Re: new dpkg release, 1.6.5.1, contains 1-line patch for thinko in 1.6.5



On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 10:15:23AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Ben Collins wrote:
> > It's a lintian bug workaround. It doesn't need to be there. Lintian needs
> > to actually check that the package required isn't an essential package.
> > Basically it comes the fact that this package uses a symlink to dpkg's doc
> > directory. Lintian expects there to be a dep so it knows that the main
> > package is installed. Not needed for essential though (unless of course it
> > requires a certain version of dpkg, which AFAIK, it doesn't).
> 
> You could use a local override instead. (I hope you've reported the bug..)

I talked to gecko about it directly, but never got around to filing a bug.
According to the new lintian "mini-policy" on overrides, they should not
be used to cover bugs in lintian, only to legitmize real differences
between policy and you package, if it is warranted. Obviously, this is a
case of policy, since it specifically says that non-versioned depends on
essential packages, is a no-no.

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