On Sat, 14 Oct 2017 00:59:02 +0200 Gennaro Oliva <oliv...@na.icar.cnr.it> wrote: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.5.55 > > Hi,
Hi, > I'm trying to build the new version of my package (munge) and > I added "--with autotools-dev" to dh in order to comply with the > paragraph 4.3 of the policy (version 4.1.1). > Appreciated, but the change is actually unnecessary. You are not the first to be surprised by this. :) The dh-sequence includes a helper called "dh_update_autotools_config": * It is a replacement for "--with autotools-dev" * It is on by default * It requires no extra dependencies of any kind in your end. > When I check the package with lintian I get the following error: > > missing-build-dependency-for-dh-addon autotools_dev => autotools-dev > > But if I add the autotools-dev dependency to the Build-Depends I get the > following warning: > > useless-autoreconf-build-depends autotools-dev > > This problem is very similar to #869541 > Best regards > -- > Gennaro Oliva > > Indeed; my recommendation for you would be to remove the "--with autotools-dev" and rely on the dh_update_autotools_config helper. This would avoid the warning from lintian and satisfy Policy as well. ... and then we just need lintian to give better advice ... Thanks, ~Niels
