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



Hi,

On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:26:30 +0200
Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> wrote:
> >  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.

> 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...

 Well, "backport" issue still exists, it's rare but for example,
 Ubuntu8.04 is still alive until 2013, Ubuntu10.04 is until 2015 too.

 However, it's okay to tag this wontfix since it's reasonable.


-- 
Regards,

 Hideki Yamane     henrich @ debian.or.jp/org
 http://wiki.debian.org/HidekiYamane


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