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[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.2.9-21-g6ec5a39



The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit ce4c2023d5870869c6c6dd9f6671027784410bc4
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Apr 26 21:43:31 2009 -0700

    Clarify why old PHP dependencies produce a warning
    
    * checks/scripts{,.desc}:
      + [RA] Clarify the php-script-but-no-phpX-cli-dep description to
        explain why it warns about a php4-cli dependency.  (Closes: #525484)

diff --git a/checks/scripts.desc b/checks/scripts.desc
index dabc470..201e63e 100644
--- a/checks/scripts.desc
+++ b/checks/scripts.desc
@@ -185,9 +185,12 @@ Info: Packages with PHP scripts must depend on a phpX-cli package such as
  be more appropriate.
  .
  Lintian can only recognize phpX-cli dependencies for values of X that it
- knows are available in the archive.  If this package depends on a php-cli
- package that Lintian doesn't know about, please file a bug against
- Lintian so that it can be updated.
+ knows are available in the archive.  You will get this warning if you
+ allow, as alternatives, versions of PHP that are so old they're not
+ available in stable.  The correct fix in those cases is probably to drop
+ the old alternative.  If this package depends on a newer php-cli package
+ that Lintian doesn't know about, please file a bug against Lintian so
+ that it can be updated.
 
 Tag: python-script-but-no-python-dep
 Severity: important
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 146ee7b..a5b39e4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ lintian (2.2.10) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * checks/menu-format{,.desc}:
     + [RA] Remove desktop-mimetype-without-update-call.  This is now
       handled by triggers.  Thanks, Chow Loong Jin.  (Closes: #525133)
-  * checks/scripts:
+  * checks/scripts{,.desc}:
     + [RA] Handle command delimiters, $() expressions, and braces and
       parentheses in the checks for correct diversion handling.  Patch
       from Raphael Geissert.  (Closes: #523708)
+    + [RA] Clarify the php-script-but-no-phpX-cli-dep description to
+      explain why it warns about a php4-cli dependency.  (Closes: #525484)
   * checks/shared-libs:
     + [RA] Strip trailing slashes from the libdir path in *.la files
       before checking it for correctness.  Thanks, Patrick Matthäi.

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