Josh Triplett: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.5.103 > Severity: normal > > When trying to run the lintian testsuite, I got several test failures: > > Failed tests (6) > tests::binaries-missing-depends-on-numpy-abi > tests::debhelper-dh-quilt-addon-but-quilt-source-format > tests::debhelper-dh-quilt-addon-but-quilt-source-format-unrel > tests::debhelper-dh-with-quilt > tests::rules-including-deprecated-makefiles > tests::rules-missing-targets-with-known-includes > > Looking at the log, these seem to fail without certain packages > installed. I'm not sure if the bug is that those tests lack > Test-Depends, or in some cases if the tests shouldn't be trying to > build. > > For example, rules-missing-targets-with-known-includes fails due to > missing /usr/share/javahelper/java-vars.mk: > > [...] > > And rules-including-deprecated-makefiles fails due to missing > /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/simple-patchsys.mk: > > [...] > > Should these tests use Test-Depends, or for some of these tests should > lintian just build a source package and check that without trying to > build binary packages? > > [...] Hi,
Both cdbs and javahelper are in the Build-Depends of lintian (marked with <!nocheck>). Just to be sure, have you installed *all* the build-depends of lintian (including those marked with "<!nocheck>")? Note: Test-Depends is used for skipping tests instead of adding a Build-Depends to lintian itself (e.g. to aid backporting). It should not duplicate the lintian Build-Depends field. Thanks, ~Niels
