Bug#944047: lintian: warn against Build-Depends-Package: #PACKAGE# in symbol files

To: Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>
Cc: 944047@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#944047: lintian: warn against Build-Depends-Package: #PACKAGE# in symbol files
From: Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 06:29:29 -0800
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Hi Sebastian,

On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 8:36 AM Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org> wrote:
>
> No, I don't. But I am also not a fan of that tag.

FWIW, the tag description now points out that the placeholder
#PACKAGE# should not be used. Perhaps it deters some people.

    https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/commit/641301054c3e99dac357fc9da0b3ddc9274a5a8e

Kind regards,
Felix Lechner

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References:
- Bug#944047: lintian: warn against Build-Depends-Package: #PACKAGE# in symbol files
  - From: Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>
- Bug#944047: lintian: warn against Build-Depends-Package: #PACKAGE# in symbol files
  - From: Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com>
- Bug#944047: lintian: warn against Build-Depends-Package: #PACKAGE# in symbol files
  - From: Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>

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