Package: lintian Version: 2.5.19 Severity: normal this looks like a recent regression, iirc 2.5.17 didn't show this:
E: nvidia-graphics-drivers source: version-substvar-for-external-package nvidia-driver -> glx E: nvidia-graphics-drivers source: version-substvar-for-external-package xserver-xorg-video-nvidia -> glx excerpts from debian/control: #Package: ${nvidia}-driver Package: nvidia-driver Depends: libgl1-${nvidia}-glx (= ${binary:Version}), xserver-xorg-video-${nvidia} (= ${binary:Version}), nvidia-vdpau-driver (= ${binary:Version}), ${nvidia-alternative} (= ${binary:Version}), ${nvidia:kmod:binary}, nvidia-support, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} #Package: xserver-xorg-video-${nvidia} Package: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia Depends: libgl1-${nvidia}-glx (= ${binary:Version}), ${nvidia-alternative} (= ${binary:Version}), nvidia-support (>= 20120630), ${nvidia:xorgDepends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Andreas PS: if you are asking why I'm doing this ... the same Depends/Recommends/Suggests blocks are used in the packaging of nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-ABCxx with a different value of ${nvidia}, because I want to keep the diff minimal for easy diffing and merging... -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.2 APT prefers stable APT policy: (800, 'stable'), (700, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (130, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.7-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages lintian depends on: ii binutils 2.23.90.20130927-1 ii bzip2 1.0.6-4 ii diffstat 1.55-3 ii file 5.11-2 ii gettext 0.18.1.1-9 ii hardening-includes 2.2 ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1 ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.26+b1 ii libarchive-zip-perl 1.30-6 ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.34-1 ii libclone-perl 0.31-1+b2 ii libdigest-sha-perl 5.71-2+deb7u1 ii libdpkg-perl 1.16.12 ii libemail-valid-perl 0.190-1 ii libfile-basedir-perl 0.03-1 ii libipc-run-perl 0.92-1 ii liblist-moreutils-perl 0.33-1+b1 ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-1 ii libtext-levenshtein-perl 0.06~01-1 ii libtimedate-perl 1.2000-1 ii liburi-perl 1.60-1 ii man-db 2.6.2-1 ii patchutils 0.3.2-1.1 ii perl [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.14.2-21+deb7u1 ii t1utils 1.37-1 Versions of packages lintian recommends: ii libperlio-gzip-perl 0.18-1+b2 ii perl-modules [libautodie-perl] 5.14.2-21+deb7u1 Versions of packages lintian suggests: ii binutils-multiarch 2.23.90.20130927-1 ii dpkg-dev 1.16.12 ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.69-2 ii libtext-template-perl 1.45-2 ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org