Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Russ Allbery wrote: >> Yes. If there are significant packages that become obsolete and >> warrant a lintian warning to aid in a transition, please file a >> wishlist bug against lintian and we'll include that check in the next >> release.
>> debcheck is available for the normal case. > The normal case being? I can't think of packages that should depend or > build-depend on obsolete package without getting at least a warning from > lintian? The normal case being that lintian normally does not do this check. This is what debcheck is for, among other things. lintian does not have access to information about packages other than the one being checked, and hence can't trigger off of a section of oldlibs or the like. The obsolete packages listed in lintian are those for which there are significant transitions and hence lintian warnings are a desireable addition worth maintaining the specific tag in lintian. The normal case of something moving into oldlibs should be handled by other tools. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
