Bug#246595: dpkg-dev: dpkg-buildpackage gripes about "Essential: no"
Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.10.20
Severity: normal
dpkg-buildpackage griped with a warning about an unrecognized control
field when it built my package with "Essential: no" in the debian/control
file. As soon as I removed the "Essential: no", the warning went away.
The exact warning message was: dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field in input data in general section of control info file
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.20-18.9
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on:
ii binutils 2.14.90.0.7-6 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii cpio 2.5-1.1 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii make 3.80-6 The GNU version of the "make" util
ii patch 2.5.9-1 Apply a diff file to an original
ii perl [perl5] 5.8.3-3 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii perl-modules 5.8.3-3 Core Perl modules.
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