Bug#532760: dpkg-genchanges should warn about unused substvars
Package: dpkg-dev
Version: 1.15.2
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/dpkg-gencontrol
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Hi,
a lot of debhelper programs for specific types of packages (python
libraries, haskell libraries, etc.) add substvars of various kinds –
Depends, Recommends, Suggests. It is easy to forget to add one of these
to debian/control. Therefore, the maintainer should be warned about
this.
It seems, though, that this can not be done as a lintian check, as
lintian does not see the automatically generated substvars files.
Therefore, dpkg-generated should warn about unused substvars. This could
be implemented in Dpkg::Substvars by remembering which vars have been
get()ted after being set()ted, and returning this list upon request.
Please indicate if you agree and are willing to accept a patch.
Greetings,
Joachim
- -- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on:
ii binutils 2.19.1-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii bzip2 1.0.5-2 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii dpkg 1.15.2 Debian package management system
ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-9 Time and date functions for Perl
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
ii make 3.81-5 The GNU version of the "make" util
ii patch 2.5.9-5 Apply a diff file to an original
ii perl [perl5] 5.10.0-22 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii perl-modules 5.10.0-22 Core Perl modules
Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends:
ii build-essential 11.4 Informational list of build-essent
ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.3.3-8 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.1 [c-compiler] 4.1.2-25 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-4.3 [c-compiler] 4.3.3-10 The GNU C compiler
ii gnupg 1.4.9-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii gpgv 1.4.9-4 GNU privacy guard - signature veri
Versions of packages dpkg-dev suggests:
ii debian-keyring 2009.05.28 GnuPG (and obsolete PGP) keys of D
pn debian-maintainers <none> (no description available)
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