Aaron M Ucko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: lintian > Version: 1.23.17 > Severity: normal
> Lintian's latest Python build-dependency checks are a bit too strict IMO > -- in particular, they insist on direct build-dependencies on python, > whereas I would argue that build-dependencies on python-dev should be > sufficient. > Could you please loosen the checks accordingly? Actually, they're buggy more than they're strict; I'm going to upload again later today to fix that. However, just to check, are you using dh_python? If so, that's where the check is coming from. dh_python actually does require python itself. However, I see that python-dev depends on python, so you get it through a transitive dependency. I'm not sure how safe it is to rely on that always being the case going forward, but maybe it should be.... -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
