On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 05:13:46PM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote:
> On 2015-09-12 13:50, Santiago Vila wrote:
> > Package: lintian
> > Version: 2.5.36.1
> >
> > [...]
> > A Pre-Depends on multiarch-support should not be an error by itself,
> > unless we have already decided that a stable release has happened and
> > we don't need the predepends anymore,[...]
>
> A stable release has happened and we do not need the Pre-Depends any more.
>
> Had you been using debhelper AND the ${misc:Pre-Depends} variable, you
> would not be getting this warning. That is all there is too it.
>
> We will look into a different wording (patches welcome). Mean while,
> please drop the Pre-Depends on multiarch-support.
Thanks a lot.
In such case I would just drop this tag completely and create a new one.
(instead of changing the wording of the current one).
I don't speak perl, but it could be something like this:
if (package does not have a Build-Depends: debhelper)
and (source control file has a hardcoded Pre-Depends on multiarch-support)
then:
warning: A stable release has happened, it's safe to drop the Pre-Depends
on multiarch-support now
(this is in fact the kind of lintian warning I'd love to see in gettext).
Or, alternatively:
if (source control file has a hardcoded Pre-Depends on multiarch-support)
if (package uses debhelper)
warning: You should drop hardcoded pre-depends because that's what
debhelper is for.
else (i.e. package does not use debhelper)
warning: It's safe to drop the pre-depends now.
