Jari Aalto <jari.aa...@cante.net> writes:

> When using in debian/rules:

>       override_<CH_COMMAND>:

> Lintian displays warnings:

>       debhelper-overrides-need-versioned-build-depends (>= 7.0.50~)

> if debian/control reads:

>       Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7)

> SUGGESITON

> The warning is naturally correct, but taken at face value, the version
> number (while it may be technically correct) is not very descriptive
> to the reader:

>       Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~)

> The debhelper is already in version of 7.4.15 in Debian/testing, so
> perhaps the message could be relaxed to a nearest "round" number:

>       debhelper-overrides-need-versioned-build-depends (>= 7.1)

That doesn't make any sense to me.  Why would we replace a tag which is
accurate with one that isn't?  Why is an incorrect dependency on >= 7.1
more descriptive to the reader than a correct dependency on >= 7.0.50~?

-- 
Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>



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