Hi Sebastian, On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 2:24 AM Sebastian Ramacher <sramac...@debian.org> wrote: > > In libdvdread 6.0.1-1, the following line was added to "fix" the > lintian info on the missing Build-Depends-Package: > > | * Build-Depends-Package: #PACKAGE# > > This causes the package name of the shared library to be substituted, > and not the -dev package. So please warn against Build-Depends-Package > lines of this form.
That's funny. I often thought about doing the same. It seems some program in the middle should be smart enough to fill it in. Isn't that what happens to #MINVAR? As for your new Lintian tag, we like to start them on the lower end of their severity. Would 'I' (informational) be okay for now? Also, do you have any suggestions on how to fix the tag description for symbols-file-missing-build-depends-package-field? We should perhaps clarify that #PACKAGE# is not the right value to use. I looked briefly at the relevant portions of dpkg-shlibdeps (1), policy [2], deb-symbols (5) and the Debian Maintainer's Guide [3] (dpkg-gensymbols does not mention the field) but I could not find much. Is there a variable that would work? Kind regards, Felix Lechner [1] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/symbols-file-missing-build-depends-package-field.html [2] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html#s-sharedlibs-symbols [3] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/advanced.en.html#librarysymbols
