Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.18.4ubuntu1.5 Severity: minor Tags: newcomer Dear Maintainer,
I cloned https://git.dpkg.org/git/dpkg/dpkg.git. When I went to build it I found I had to install autopoint along with the dependencies list in the README. Using Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers xenial-updates APT policy: (500, 'xenial-updates'), (500, 'xenial-security'), (500, 'xenial'), (100, 'xenial-backports') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-148-generic (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on: ii base-files 9.4ubuntu4.8 ii binutils 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8 ii bzip2 1.0.6-8 ii libdpkg-perl 1.18.4ubuntu1.5 ii make 4.1-6 ii patch 2.7.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2 Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends: ii build-essential 12.1ubuntu2 ii fakeroot 1.20.2-1ubuntu1 ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1 ii gcc-5 [c-compiler] 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.11 ii gnupg 1.4.20-1ubuntu3.3 ii gnupg2 2.1.11-6ubuntu2.1 ii gpgv 1.4.20-1ubuntu3.3 ii libalgorithm-merge-perl 0.08-3 Versions of packages dpkg-dev suggests: ii debian-keyring 2016.01.20 -- no debconf information