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and subject line Re: Bug#1146951: adequate: pertinence of debhelper Depends in
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Package: adequate
Version: 0.17.5+b5
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
The README contains the following:
Example debian/tests/adequate:
---8<---
#!/bin/sh
adequate --fail $(dh_listpackages) >&2
--->8---
Example debian/tests/control snippet:
---8<---
Tests: adequate
Depends: @, adequate, debhelper
Restrictions: superficial
--->8---
I'd like to hear the rationale for the Depends on debhelper. If adequate itself
needs it, it should be in adequate's Depends/Recommends. If not, why does it
appear in the above example?
Thanks!
Martin-Éric
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.6
APT prefers stable-security-debug
APT policy: (500, 'stable-security-debug'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,
'stable-debug'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.107+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fi:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages adequate depends on:
ii debconf 1.5.91
ii libc6 2.41-12+deb13u3
Versions of packages adequate recommends:
ii pkgconf 1.8.1-4
adequate suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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hi Martin-Éric,
On Sun Sep 13, 2026 at 6:23 AM CEST, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> la 12.9.2026 klo 23.44 Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas ([email protected])
> kirjoitti:
>> On Mon Sep 7, 2026 at 9:04 AM CEST, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
[..]
>> > I'd like to hear the rationale for the Depends on debhelper. If adequate
>> > itself needs it, it should be in adequate's Depends/Recommends. If not,
>> > why does it appear in the above example?
>>
>> that's because debian/tests/adequate invokes dh_listpackages to figure out
>> the
>> set of binary packages built by the source package being tested.
>
> Telling this in the README would be a good way to close this issue. :)
I, respectfully, disagree :) I think it's reasonable to assume that people
looking into adequate's README file are package maintainers and, on that basis,
that they are sufficiently familiar with debhelper to know that these days its
comprised of dh_* tools
thanks,
serafi
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