Bug#873395: lintian: check for non-free dependencies in packages targetting main
tags 873395 + wontfix retitle 873395 lintian: check for non-free dependencies in packages targeting main thanks Hi Drew, > A recent build of libdolfin2017.1 (i.e. dolfin 2017.1.0-1 in main) > accidentally resulted in a dependency on a non-free package, > libparmetis4.0 Unfortunately, Lintian does not "know" about the state of the archive; it does not query any local APT repository and, pretty obviously, it cannot check remotely on each invocation. I am therefore marking this as "wontfix". I agree this would be a nice check to have, but as it can be caught by the ftpmasters it is not the end of the world that Lintian is not in a position to warn about such things. Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-
Bug#873395: lintian: check for non-free dependencies in packages targetting main
Package: lintian Version: 2.5.52 Severity: normal A recent build of libdolfin2017.1 (i.e. dolfin 2017.1.0-1 in main) accidentally resulted in a dependency on a non-free package, libparmetis4.0. Consequently the new package was rejected by ftp-masters. It would be a useful service if lintian could catch that kind of error. Drew -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.12.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages lintian depends on: ii binutils 2.29-5 ii bzip2 1.0.6-8.1 ii diffstat 1.61-1+b1 ii dpkg 1.18.24 ii file 1:5.31-1 ii gettext 0.19.8.1-4 ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.4 ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.33 ii libarchive-zip-perl 1.59-1 ii libclass-accessor-perl0.34-1 ii libclone-perl 0.38-2+b2 ii libdpkg-perl 1.18.24 ii libemail-valid-perl 1.202-1 ii libfile-basedir-perl 0.07-1 ii libipc-run-perl 0.96-1 ii liblist-moreutils-perl0.416-1+b3 ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-12 ii libperl5.24 [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.24.1-7 ii libperl5.26 [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.26.0-5 ii libtext-levenshtein-perl 0.13-1 ii libtimedate-perl 2.3000-2 ii liburi-perl 1.72-1 ii libxml-simple-perl2.24-1 ii libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.63-2+b2 ii man-db2.7.6.1-2 ii patchutils0.3.4-2 ii perl 5.26.0-5 ii t1utils 1.40-2 ii xz-utils 5.2.2-1.3 Versions of packages lintian recommends: ii libperlio-gzip-perl 0.19-1+b4 Versions of packages lintian suggests: pn binutils-multiarch ii dpkg-dev 1.18.24 ii libhtml-parser-perl3.72-3+b2 pn libtext-template-perl -- no debconf information
