Ben Finney wrote: > This is referring to the debian/control Depends field: > > Depends: ${python:Depends} > > Earlier, I had > > Depends: ${python:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
By removing misc:Depends, you are simply potentially shooting yourself in the foot. Debhelper could need to add a dependency via misc:Depends at some point in the future, and the only way you'll find out about it is if you notice it in the changelog. If you keep misc:Depends in the control file, debhelper will automatically do the right thing in the future. > and 'dpkg-gencontrol' complained about every one of those. This is a misfeature of dpkg-gencontrol. -- see shy jo
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