Re: [lintian] 04/07: Check for packages that specify binary dependencies on toolchain packages such as cdbs or debhelper. (Closes: #700953)

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

Chris Lamb:
> Hi Niels,
> 
>> this check is too simple;  there are plenty of packages with a
>> legitimate dependency on debhelper, such as all of packages providing a
>> dh_* tool.
> 
> Any ideas? I mean, it's easily to exclude "dh-*", but the rest are a
> pretty random bunch.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 

We have a bunch of data files mapping dh_* commands to packages. I
suspect it is "just" a question of reversing those mappings.

Thanks,
~Niels