Package: lintian Version: 1.23.41 Severity: minor Tags: patch T%he phrase "[...] Recommends as well as Recommends." in the Info field of the stronger-dependency-implies-weaker check sounds strange. I think that the patch attached below fixes this.
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--- control-file.desc-orig 2007-12-15 11:51:45.000000000 +0100 +++ control-file.desc 2007-12-15 11:51:09.000000000 +0100 @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ weaker dependency field. In other words, the Depends field of the package requires that one of the packages listed in Recommends or Suggests be installed, or a package is listed in Recommends as well as - Recommends. Current versions of dpkg-gencontrol will silently fix this + Suggests. Current versions of dpkg-gencontrol will silently fix this problem by removing the weaker dependency, but it may indicate a more subtle bug (misspelling or forgetting to remove the stronger dependency when it was moved to the weaker field).
