Re: virtual-package-depends-without-real-package-depends rsh-client
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 05:14:01PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Running lintian on the resulting .deb results in the following output.
> I know this is coming from the fields module of lintian. But I got
> lost in the perl.
>
> W: myserverbundle: virtual-package-depends-without-real-package-depends rsh-client
Use the -i switch to lintian.
N:
N: The package declares a depends on a virtual package without listing a
N: real package as an alternative first.
N:
N: A real package should be listed in the first part of the | dependency
N: in order for the package to be installable by package management
N: programs that can't or won't guess which alternative to select by
N: default. In particular, it helps build daemons rebuild the package
N: without manual overrides.
N:
N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 7.4 for details.
N:
> Why does it think rsh-client is a virtual package?
It is a mixed virtual package. There is a real package rsh-client, but also
several other packages provide rsh-client (apt-cache showpkg rsh-client).
This may be a false positive, since you should not need an alternative for
mixed virtual packages.
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- mdz
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