Package: lintian Version: 2.2.14 The "diff" binary package, which was essential, has been renamed "diffutils", which is the upstream name.
As lintian now complains "W: diffutils: new-essential-package", follows an "override" for this :-) diff -ru lintian-2.2.14.orig/checks/common_data.pm lintian-2.2.14/checks/common_data.pm --- lintian-2.2.14.orig/checks/common_data.pm 2009-08-16 07:47:49.000000000 +0200 +++ lintian-2.2.14/checks/common_data.pm 2009-08-30 11:54:48.727496634 +0200 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ %known_essential = map { $_ => 1 } ('base-files', 'base-passwd', 'bash', 'bsdutils', 'coreutils', - 'debianutils', 'diff', 'dpkg', 'e2fsprogs', 'findutils', 'grep', 'gzip', + 'debianutils', 'diffutils', 'dpkg', 'e2fsprogs', 'findutils', 'grep', 'gzip', 'hostname', 'login', 'mktemp', 'mount', 'ncurses-base', 'ncurses-bin', 'perl-base', 'sed', 'sysvinit', 'sysvinit-utils', 'tar', 'util-linux'); Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org