Re: Problems with Lintian refusing to understand "Depends: php5-cli | php4-cli"
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 03:36:20AM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> My package depends on php5-cli | php4-cli, and it was fine, supporting
> backports to Etch and all.
php4-cli is *not* required for etch backports. etch includes php5.
> 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
I don't agree that it's correct. Excess ORed dependencies add cruft to the
dependency graph of the Debian archive; they're justifiable when they help
backports, but this doesn't help backports.
> Now, is it fine to add a lintian override only for that problem to be
> ignored? Would the release team accept the package?
Definitely not.
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