Bug#514497: lintian doesn't know about many virtual packages

2009-02-08 Thread Raphael Geissert
Attached mbox should do it. I had some problems with perl not liking 'unless ($seen{$pkg} lt 2 or ...', but I used a workaround. Cheers, -- Raphael Geissert - Debian Maintainer www.debian.org - get.debian.net lintian-virtual_packages.mbox Description: application/mbox

Bug#514497: lintian doesn't know about many virtual packages

2009-02-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Raphael Geissert writes: > The other day while reviewing a package I noticed it lacked a build > dependency on a real package, instead of just relying on the virtual > package. This made me consider gathering the list of virtual packages > directly from the archive, and the patch in the attached

Bug#514497: lintian doesn't know about many virtual packages

2009-02-07 Thread Raphael Geissert
Package: lintian Version: 2.2.1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, The other day while reviewing a package I noticed it lacked a build dependency on a real package, instead of just relying on the virtual package. This made me consider gathering the list of virtual packages directly from the arc