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Re: Bug#553575: sgf2dg: missing-build-dependency-for-dh_-command dh_installtex=tex-common



On Sun, Nov 01 2009, Vincent Danjean wrote:

>   Does the policy requires that the dependency is direct ? My package
> build-depends on texlive and texlive-generic-recommended, both of
> them depends (directly or not) on tex-common.
>   By the way, I will make an upload with this added build-dependency
> (I prefer this solution than adding a lintian override). But I think
> that lintian is wrong here. Perhaps, it should be fixed to also look
> for indirect dependencies ? I cloned this bug so that lintian DD can
> comment.

        You need something, you depend on it. This is not a lintian
 bug.  The indirect dependencies are inherently less reliable, and may
 changeover time. 

        manoj

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