Bug#238156: dpkg-dev: dpkg-gencontrol ignore Depends: field

["Clement \"nodens\" Hermann" <clement.hermann@free.fr>]

Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 05:37:43PM +0100, Cl?ment 'nodens' Hermann wrote:
>
>
> > Package: dpkg-dev
> > Version: 1.10.20
> > Severity: important
> >
> > dpkg-gencontrol ignore Depends field in debian/control if a variable
> > such as ${shlibs:Depends} or ${perl:Depends} is used. Everything is fine
> > when specifying package names without variables.
> >
> > exemple : 
> > if I have 
> > Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, iptables
> > in debian/control, dpkg-gencontrol -O does not show any Depends: field.
> >
> > but if I put :
> > Depends: iptables
> > it works.
>
>
> Works fine here:
>
> mizar:[/tmp/hello-2.1.1] grep Depends debian/control 
> Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, foo
> mizar:[/tmp/hello-2.1.1] dpkg-gencontrol -O |grep Depends
> dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${shlibs:Depends}
> Depends: foo
>
> Perhaps you can show how to reproduce the problem exactly.


delog and relog fixed the problem !?
Maybe an environment problem ?





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