dpkg-dev is a dependency of build-essential, so it is not necessary (and in fact inappropriate) to include it as a build dependency of any source package. You must install build-essential yourself to build packages.
** Changed in: git (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Git source package doesn't list dpkg-dev as a required package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307789 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs