Bug#794295: lintian: please complain about development packages that make cross building impossible

2017-12-10 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi Helmut, > I'm slightly uneasy about the updated advice still. Thanks again for your detailed clarification. I've gone ahead and pushed: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=ada53e150864e82ca3958db1d2d2a4dd7386a003 Please do let me know if that works for you? :)

Bug#794295: lintian: please complain about development packages that make cross building impossible

2017-12-10 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 03:54:41PM +, Chris Lamb wrote: > > The tag I am requesting here mostly targets packages that lack any > > Multi-Arch header (i.e. not covered by the above tag). > > Thank you for the clarification. :) I have just pushed the following: > > >

Bug#794295: lintian: please complain about development packages that make cross building impossible

2017-12-10 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi Helmut, > The tag I am requesting here mostly targets packages that lack any > Multi-Arch header (i.e. not covered by the above tag). Thank you for the clarification. :) I have just pushed the following:

Bug#794295: lintian: please complain about development packages that make cross building impossible

2017-12-10 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 09:52:41AM +, Chris Lamb wrote: > Hi Helmut, > > > TL;DR: I suggest ignoring Multi-Arch: foreign packages for the purpose of > > this tag to remove false positives. > > Won't these binaries in /usr/bin (etc.) be picked up by: > >

Bug#794295: lintian: please complain about development packages that make cross building impossible

2017-12-10 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi Helmut, > TL;DR: I suggest ignoring Multi-Arch: foreign packages for the purpose of > this tag to remove false positives. Won't these binaries in /usr/bin (etc.) be picked up by: arch-dependent-file-not-in-arch-specific-directory ? Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb

Bug#794295: lintian: please complain about development packages that make cross building impossible

2017-12-09 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Chris, TL;DR: I suggest ignoring Multi-Arch: foreign packages for the purpose of this tag to remove false positives. Explanation: On Sat, Dec 09, 2017 at 10:44:26PM +, Chris Lamb wrote: > I've implemented this in Git: > > >

Bug#794295: lintian: please complain about development packages that make cross building impossible

2017-12-09 Thread Chris Lamb
tags 794295 + pending thanks Hey Helmut, I've implemented this in Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=fc226826c81a5642779e422d927aa334e2ff1587 I hope it's useful :) Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org /

Bug#794295: lintian: please complain about development packages that make cross building impossible

2015-07-31 Thread Helmut Grohne
Package: lintian Severity: wishlist Dear lintian maintainers, I would like to propose a new check for lintian. It should trigger whenever the following conditions are met simultaneously. * The binary package being processed is a development package. The easiest way probably is to look for