Package: lintian Version: 2.5.49 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
According to the Debian Policy, packages should not declare dependencies on packages tagged Essential: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s-dependencies However, I noticed that lintian does not warn if, for instance, one declares a dependency upon dash. Best, nicoo -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages lintian depends on: ii binutils 2.27-9+b1 ii bzip2 1.0.6-8 ii diffstat 1.61-1 ii file 1:5.28-4 ii gettext 0.19.8.1-1 ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.4 ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.30 ii libarchive-zip-perl 1.59-1 ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.34-1 ii libclone-perl 0.38-2+b1 ii libdpkg-perl 1.18.10 ii libemail-valid-perl 1.202-1 ii libfile-basedir-perl 0.07-1 ii libipc-run-perl 0.94-1 ii liblist-moreutils-perl 0.416-1+b1 ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-11 ii libperl5.24 [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.24.1~rc3-3 ii libtext-levenshtein-perl 0.13-1 ii libtimedate-perl 2.3000-2 ii liburi-perl 1.71-1 ii libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.63-1+b1 ii man-db 2.7.5-1 ii patchutils 0.3.4-1 ii perl 5.24.1~rc3-3 ii t1utils 1.39-2 ii xz-utils 5.2.2-1.2 Versions of packages lintian recommends: ii dpkg 1.18.10 pn libperlio-gzip-perl <none> ii perl 5.24.1~rc3-3 ii perl-modules-5.24 [libautodie-perl] 5.24.1~rc3-3 Versions of packages lintian suggests: pn binutils-multiarch <none> ii dpkg-dev 1.18.10 ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.72-2+b1 ii libtext-template-perl 1.46-1 -- no debconf information
