On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 10:15:23AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Ben Collins wrote: > > It's a lintian bug workaround. It doesn't need to be there. Lintian needs > > to actually check that the package required isn't an essential package. > > Basically it comes the fact that this package uses a symlink to dpkg's doc > > directory. Lintian expects there to be a dep so it knows that the main > > package is installed. Not needed for essential though (unless of course it > > requires a certain version of dpkg, which AFAIK, it doesn't). > > You could use a local override instead. (I hope you've reported the bug..)
I talked to gecko about it directly, but never got around to filing a bug. According to the new lintian "mini-policy" on overrides, they should not be used to cover bugs in lintian, only to legitmize real differences between policy and you package, if it is warranted. Obviously, this is a case of policy, since it specifically says that non-versioned depends on essential packages, is a no-no. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
