On Wednesday, November 30, 2022 10:38:30 PM EST Stuart Prescott wrote: > Hi Scott, > > On 01/12/2022 02:16, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > Package: lintian > > Version: 2.115.3 > > Severity: normal > > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-python@lists.debian.org > > > > The missing-prerequisite-for-pyproject-backend check appears to only > > look for the prerequisite packages in Build-Depends, but since they > > aren't needed for clean, they could be in Build-Depends-Indep, leading > > to false positives. > > > > Scott K > > I contemplated filing a similar the other day but in writing it up, I > realised that lintian was correct. Policy requires that the 'clean' > target be functional with only the Build-Depends (and Build-Conflicts) > satisfied, and pybuild + the build-backend dependencies are involved in > the cleaning step.
Not always. At least with the package I ran into this on, clean works fine without them. Scott K
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