Bug#687667: lintian: check dpkg version for "-Sextreme" option

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

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On 2012-09-14 23:22, Hideki Yamane wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.5.10.1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  As Bug#677003, package building (dh_builddeb) with "-Sextreme" option
>  needs newer dpkg version than 1.16.2~ . see http://bugs.debian.org/677003
> 
>  I hope lintian would warn this.
> 
> 

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion.

However, I am inclined to tag this wontfix.  Not because the idea is
wrong, but because the check will be obsolete the minute the freeze is
over.  Both Wheezy and Quantal have dpkg/1.16.7 (or newer) now...

~Niels