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[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.4.3-230-g9b2916e



The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 9b2916e0896d5fca639b923f9bd2d1c8b7d0ee5d
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Fri Feb 11 00:06:32 2011 +0100

    Described that dh_python2 can trigger old-versioned-python-dependency
    
      * checks/fields.desc:
        + [NT] Clarified that old-versioned-python-dependency can also be
          triggered if dh_python2 is used and the package is missing
          ${python:Breaks}. Thanks to Piotr Ożarowski for the report.
          (Closes: #604167)

diff --git a/checks/fields.desc b/checks/fields.desc
index cded777..4bb8ec4 100644
--- a/checks/fields.desc
+++ b/checks/fields.desc
@@ -878,6 +878,10 @@ Info: This package appears to be an architecture-independent Python module
  If this package really does require only a particular range of Python
  versions and uses python-central, add a Python-Version control field (as
  described in 2.3 of the Python policy) to resolve this warning.
+ .
+ Note that this can also be triggered if dh_python2 is used and it cannot
+ add anything to the Breaks field, beceause the package has no
+ ${python:Breaks} substition variable.
 
 Tag: malformed-dm-upload-allowed
 Severity: important
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f3bd5a2..6640583 100755
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ lintian (2.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       will no longer be emitted if the package listed in Breaks is also
       listed in Replaces.  Thanks to Modestas Vainius for the report.
       (Closes: #605744)
+    + [NT] Clarified that old-versioned-python-dependency can also be
+      triggered if dh_python2 is used and the package is missing
+      ${python:Breaks}. Thanks to Piotr Ożarowski for the report.
+      (Closes: #604167)
   * checks/files{,.desc}:
     + [NT] Fixed false-positive extra-license-file for license.ui files.
       Thanks to Jeremy Sanders for the report.  (Closes: #595941)

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