Bug#980719: python-apt: reduce Build-Depends

[Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>]

Source: python-apt
Version: 2.1.7
Tags: patch
User: helmutg@debian.org
Usertags: rebootstrap

python-apt participates in a number of dependency cycles relevant to
architecture bootstrap. Rather than work on such a difficult problem, I
looked into easily droppable dependencies. It turns out that a nocheck
build with the following dependencies turned into Build-Conflicts
exactly reproduces binary artifacts of a regular build:
 * apt-utils
 * distro-info-data
 * gnupg
 * dirmngr
 * pycodestyle
 * pyflakes3

As such I suggest annotating them <!nocheck>. Please consider applying
the attached patch.

Helmut

diff --minimal -Nru python-apt-2.1.7/debian/changelog python-apt-2.1.7+nmu1/debian/changelog
--- python-apt-2.1.7/debian/changelog	2020-12-10 15:35:32.000000000 +0100
+++ python-apt-2.1.7+nmu1/debian/changelog	2021-01-20 23:22:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+python-apt (2.1.7+nmu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Annotate test dependencies with <!nocheck>. (Closes: #-1)
+
+ -- Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>  Wed, 20 Jan 2021 23:22:50 +0100
+
 python-apt (2.1.7) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * SECURITY UPDATE: various memory and file descriptor leaks (LP: #1899193)
diff --minimal -Nru python-apt-2.1.7/debian/control python-apt-2.1.7+nmu1/debian/control
--- python-apt-2.1.7/debian/control	2020-12-10 15:35:32.000000000 +0100
+++ python-apt-2.1.7+nmu1/debian/control	2021-01-20 23:22:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Standards-Version: 4.5.0
 Build-Depends: apt (>= 1.0.9.4),
-               apt-utils,
+               apt-utils <!nocheck>,
                debhelper-compat (= 12),
                dh-python,
-               distro-info-data,
+               distro-info-data <!nocheck>,
                fakeroot,
                libapt-pkg-dev (>= 1.9.11~),
                python3-all (>= 3.3),
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
                python3-distutils-extra (>= 2.0),
                python3-setuptools,
                python3-sphinx (>= 0.5),
-               gnupg,
-               dirmngr | gnupg (<< 2),
-               pycodestyle,
-               pyflakes3
+               gnupg <!nocheck>,
+               dirmngr <!nocheck> | gnupg (<< 2) <!nocheck>,
+               pycodestyle <!nocheck>,
+               pyflakes3 <!nocheck>,
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/python-apt