On Fri, Feb 05, 2016 at 03:41:36PM +0200, Niko Tyni wrote: > Package: perl > Version: 5.22.1-6 > > Commit b79b26ed > http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/perl/perl.git/commit/?id=b79b26ed > marked those build dependencies that are only used for the test suite > as not applicable to builds with the 'nocheck' build profile. > > This triggers > > https://lintian.debian.org/tags/restriction-formula-without-versioned-dpkg-dev-dependency.html > > Quoting: > If a restriction formula appears in the source relation or if the > Build-Profiles field is used in a binary package stanza then the > source package has to build depend on dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.14) for minimal > restriction formula support > > We currently have a versioned build dependency on dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.0), > so in practice this would bump it from wheezy to jessie.
Since backporting is pretty much a non-starter for perl because of XS dependencies, I can't imagine this being a problem. > I think this is acceptable and intend to bump the dependency, but I'm > OK also with reverting the commit if needed. It's not required for cross > building support AFAICS, it was just inspired by my studies on that. Sounds fine to me. Cheers, Dominic.
