[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.5.3-200-g9c85942

["Niels Thykier" <niels@thykier.net>]

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 9c85942ea71b5d0eeeecf69a0e25c631b971b97f
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Sat Nov 5 08:06:49 2011 +0100

    build-depends-on-metapackage can be triggered by non-X11 pkgs
    
    Clarified that build-depends-on-metapackage is triggered by
    build-depending on metapackages in general and not just the X11
    metapackages.
    
    Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>

diff --git a/checks/fields.desc b/checks/fields.desc
index b7f232b..7334b34 100644
--- a/checks/fields.desc
+++ b/checks/fields.desc
@@ -542,11 +542,12 @@ Info: This package is one of the packages that Lintian believes is a
 Tag: build-depends-on-metapackage
 Severity: important
 Certainty: certain
-Info: Packages must not build-depend on X Window System metapackages.
+Info: Packages must not build-depend on metapackages.
  .
- The metapackages xorg, xorg-dev, x-window-system, x-window-system-dev, and
- x-window-system-core exist only for the benefit of users and should not
- be used in package build dependencies.
+ Metapackages such as xorg, xorg-dev, x-window-system,
+ x-window-system-dev and x-window-system-core exist only for the
+ benefit of users and should not be used in package build
+ dependencies.
 
 Tag: depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version
 Severity: important
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index cdd858a..8f7bd76 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ lintian (2.5.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       of these.  (Closes: #644339)
     + [JW] Added check for missing python helpers when using python
       substvars in d/control.  (Closes: #582511)
-  * checks/fields:
+  * checks/fields{,.desc}:
     + [NT] Fixed source-field-does-not-match-pkg-name.
     + [NT] Newlines from URIs in Vcs-* fields are stripped before they
       are checked.  These will fields will also cause a "multiline-
       field" tag if they contain newlines.
+    + [JW,NT] Clarified that build-depends-on-metapackage is not only
+      triggered by X11 metapackages.  (Closes: #642125)
   * checks/files{,.desc}:
     + [JW] Suggest the usage of "-delete" rather than "| xargs rm -f".
       (Closes: #641983)

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