-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > At least debian/control *isn't* policy compliant - for one thing, it > contains multiple Build-Depends fields. There should only be one, either as > a single line or folded over multiple lines as described in policy (5.1); > additionally, there should be a comma between each entry (there's one > missing) and no comma after the final item. > > Some of the Build-Deps themselves are a little enthusiastic to say the > least > > :> (and in at least a couple of cases in violation of policy); briefly: > > * You do not need to (and indeed should not) Build-Depend on any package > marked as `Essential', unless you require specific versions of the package > (sections 3.5 and 4.2). That means you can remove: base-files (why is that > there anyway? :->) and coreutils. > > * Build-Dependencies on any package classed as `build-essential' are also > unnecessary unless you need specific versions. That allows the removal of > gcc-3.3 (build-essential always depends on the current default version of > gcc) and libc6-dev. > > * You can also remove any Build-Deps that appear to be present purely to > satisfy the dependencies of other Build-Deps: libc6 and l-k-h (libc6-dev > depends on both), libncurses5 (depended upon by the -dev package) and > probably libattr1 (since libacl1 depends on it).
All of the problems mentioned above have been fixed. The file are still at http://mithrandir.dyndns.org/debs/binary/ http://mithrandir.dyndns.org/debs/source/ Thanks for all the help. I still need a sponsor though =). Rohit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBAFFlRRuwGC/Hp5gRAi+6AJ9ONhSlCzf7UqoaD7b+BZKKPHNEPgCfQV6F mj3Y4Ncxr+cSWkum+IJKC2w= =et5t -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
