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Re: Bug#169979: kdrill package in a very bad shape



On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 01:38:32PM -0800, Philip Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 11:37:57AM -0800, Martin Quinson wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I had a look at the kdrill package because it uses old-style debconf
> > templates without the po-debconf system. I was about to build a patch to
> > solve this, but I notice that this package is in a very bad shape:
> >...
> 
> I actually have a new .deb sitting around for 6.3.1
> I was about to upload it, and then I found that it got a plethora of
> lintian errors.
> 
> W: kdrill: prerm-does-not-remove-usr-doc-link
> W: kdrill: postinst-does-not-set-usr-doc-link
> E: kdrill: package-has-a-duplicate-relation xlibs (>> 4.1.0) | libice6, xlibs (>> 4.1.0) | libsm6
> E: kdrill: package-has-a-duplicate-relation xlibs (>> 4.1.0) | libice6, xlibs (>> 4.1.0) | libx11-6
> E: kdrill: package-has-a-duplicate-relation xlibs (>> 4.1.0) | libsm6, xlibs (>> 4.1.0) | libx11-6
>   ....

I cannot reproduce these errors, the .deb only spits:
W: kdrill: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-with-dh_make-boilerplate
W: kdrill: menu-icon-missing /usr/X11R6/include/X11/pixmaps/kdrill.xpm


> 
> 
> I've had limited time to evaluate this, unfortunately.
> I attempted to remove some of the dups from the control file, but they
> somehow seem to keep being put back in automatically.

They are added by dh_shlibdeps?

> 
> My development is also slowed down by the build machines not having
> X11 dev packages installed on them. But if you are interested, you can take
> a look on gluck, in
>   /home/pbrown/new
> 
> Suggestions much appreciated.

Ok, I'm making a NMU based on these, fixing the errors I mentioned and 
verifying they work fine. 

Regards

Javi

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