Problems with Lintian refusing to understand "Depends: php5-cli | php4-cli"
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Hi,
My package depends on php5-cli | php4-cli, and it was fine, supporting
backports to Etch and all. Then Lintian developers decided to remove
php4 from the loop as php4 is removed from Lenny, so it produced an error.
I then contacted them, saying that it was more easy for me and everybody
that the dependency "php5-cli | php4-cli" was supported, so it would be
more easy to do backports. So they supported it again. But... it went
backward again, and I'm very surprised to see that the Lintian
developpers decided to go back to checking only php5-cli.
I'm a bit stuck with lintian producing an error, and my package can't be
uploaded. It's a bit silly, as what I wrote as dependency is correct and
WILL work in Lenny or SID. I don't really wish to change anything before
Lenny is the new stable, if possible, as the same package works for both
Lenny and Etch.
Now, is it fine to add a lintian override only for that problem to be
ignored? Would the release team accept the package? I'd need the answer
soon enough so the last bug-fix can be sent in Lenny...
Thanks for your time, and the big work on Lenny,
Thomas Goirand
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