Bug#582511: lintian: If dh_pysupport is used, require Depends package on python-support

[tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>]

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On 05/25/2010 10:13 AM, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>, 2010-05-21, 15:28:
>> With debian/rules file like this:
>>
>>    %
>>         dh $@
>>
>> The calls flow through "dh_pysupport". Unfortunately that does nothing
>> if debian/control::Depands lists package python-support
>>
>> SUGGESTION
>>
>> If there are any *.py files in the package please add some message about
>> possible missing python-support in Depends.
> 
> The heuristics you propose is not reliable. I can think of many
> situations where a source package contains *.py but build-dependency on
> python-support is not needed.
> 
> It would make more sense to warn if debian/control contains
> ${python:Depends} or ${python:Provides} or ${python:Versions}, but the
> package neither build-depends on python-support nor on python-central.

This sounds reasonable and correct.  Thanks for taking a close look at it.

Regards,
Tony

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