Bug#255593: lintian: should check build-depends(-indep) for virtual packages without a real package too

["Steinar H. Gunderson" <sgunderson@bigfoot.com>]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 12:59:18AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> Is this really an error? If it's OK for absolutely any provider to be
> installed, then fine. If some particular provider is better, why not
> build-depend on it explicitly rather than alternate?
> 
> The Depends: error is there because listing the real alternative
> apparently makes some package management front-ends behave better, but
> this doesn't apply to build-dependencies.

Yes, it does -- not having it (or having it in the wrong order) breaks
apt-get build-dep. (This bug is a result with a discussion with mrvn and jvw
on IRC, I was just told to stuff the patch in BTS so nobody forgot it :-) )

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