Package: lintian Version: 2.3.3 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch As discussed in #552052, we now consider perl-modules an internal implementation detail of the perl source package and discourage direct dependencies on it.
This patch makes lintian no longer recommend a perl-modules dependency for dual-lived modules. I'm working on a lintian warning about existing dependencies, but will submit that as a separate bug. Thanks for your work on lintian, -- Niko Tyni [email protected]
>From 9eaf219f0173b3265df33b7c5f1d0787189f2a03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niko Tyni <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 23:00:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Don't recommend a direct dependency on perl-modules, use perl instead. As discussed in #552052, perl-modules is now considered an internal implementation detail of the perl source package and direct dependencies on it are discouraged. --- checks/fields.desc | 8 ++++---- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/checks/fields.desc b/checks/fields.desc index 663e66c..d870d1d 100644 --- a/checks/fields.desc +++ b/checks/fields.desc @@ -904,10 +904,10 @@ Info: This package declares an unnecessary versioned dependency . The recommended way to express the dependency without needless complications on backporting packages is to use alternative dependencies. - The Perl core package should be the preferred alternative and the + The perl package should be the preferred alternative and the versioned dependency a secondary one. . - Example: perl-modules (>= 5.10.0) | libmodule-build-perl (>= 0.26) + Example: perl (>= 5.10.0) | libmodule-build-perl (>= 0.26) Ref: policy 7.5 Tag: package-superseded-by-perl @@ -925,10 +925,10 @@ Info: This package is also provided by one of the Perl core packages . The recommended way to express the dependency without needless complications on backporting packages is to use alternative dependencies. - The Perl core package should be the preferred alternative and the + The perl package should be the preferred alternative and the versioned dependency a secondary one. . - Example: perl-modules (>= 5.10.0) | libmodule-build-perl (>= 0.26) + Example: perl (>= 5.10.0) | libmodule-build-perl (>= 0.26) Ref: policy 7.5 Tag: vcs-field-uses-not-recommended-uri-format -- 1.6.6.1
