Bug#758425: lintian: add a check for outdated version constraints

[Johannes Schauer <j.schauer@email.de>]

Hi,

Quoting Raphael Hertzog (2014-08-29 23:42:42)
> I'd say yes but I don't know how you define the set of packages. How can
> lintian know if a package is a compiler?

By carrying a list of packages that need translation when cross compiling.

> > This also means that fixing this bug has to wait until cross compiler
> > translation arrives in main.
> 
> Not sure I understand what this means. Perhaps it refers to some
> meta-information that will help to identify the compilers?

Fixing this bug has to wait until the package layout shown in point 4.1. in [1]
is generated by src:gcc-cross-support. This will not help identifying what is a
compiler though. That information would have to be updated in Lintian every
time a new compiler binary package lands in the archive.

cheers, josch

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/08/msg00013.html