Package: lintian Version: 2.5.10.3 Severity: wishlist It would be nice if lintian would emit a warning for packages that might miss a Built-Using field (Policy 7.8). There are two cases where a Built-Using field is needed:
Using source from another package. Lintian could look at debian/control and look for a Build-Depends on *-source or *-source-[0-9.]+, but no binary package having Built-Using. This would result in false positives for: - Packages not using substitution variables for Built-Using, but adding the field directly. But the packages I have seen that have a Built-Using field were all using a substition variable. - *-source packages that do not provide source and are used in Build-Depends. The other case are statically linked programs that include static libraries from other packages. A simple check would be to look for packages that include static binaries, but no Built-Using field. However this would result in false positives for binaries not linking libraries from other packages, so I'm not sure how useful such a check would be. Ansgar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121220154622.13982.98844.reportbug@elsa
