Lintian false positive about virtual package depends?
Hi!
I'm working on a new version of the mpich2 packages. It is being renamed
to mpich, so I have introduced some transitional packages.
For example, the current package called libmpich2-dev will be replaced
with the new package libmpich-dev. Therefore, libmpich2-dev will become
a transitional package that depends on libmpich-dev. This is what I have
specified in the control file for the new mpich.
I am not referring to any virtual packages in the control file, as far
as I can see myself. However, lintian gives me this:
tmac@asus:$ lintian mpich_3.0.4-1_amd64.changes
.
.
W: libmpich2-dev: virtual-package-depends-without-real-package-depends
depends: libmpich-dev
.
.
Does anyone know why lintian would think that libmpich-dev, which is a
new package that will appear with the newer mpich-packages, is a virtual
package?
Is this something that can happen when new package names are introduced
like in this situation?
Best regards
Torquil Sørensen
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