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| From | Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.maint.python, linux.debian.bugs.dist |
| Subject | Re: Bug#1025164: lintian: missing-prerequisite-for-pyproject-backend tag needs to check Build-Depends-Indep too |
| Date | 2022-12-01 05:20 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <FxJdf-7wkX-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <Fxxc5-7oYE-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <FxIAx-7vTp-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
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On Wednesday, November 30, 2022 10:38:30 PM EST Stuart Prescott wrote: > Hi Scott, > > On 01/12/2022 02:16, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > Package: lintian > > Version: 2.115.3 > > Severity: normal > > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-python@lists.debian.org > > > > The missing-prerequisite-for-pyproject-backend check appears to only > > look for the prerequisite packages in Build-Depends, but since they > > aren't needed for clean, they could be in Build-Depends-Indep, leading > > to false positives. > > > > Scott K > > I contemplated filing a similar the other day but in writing it up, I > realised that lintian was correct. Policy requires that the 'clean' > target be functional with only the Build-Depends (and Build-Conflicts) > satisfied, and pybuild + the build-backend dependencies are involved in > the cleaning step. Not always. At least with the package I ran into this on, clean works fine without them. Scott K
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Bug#1025164: lintian: missing-prerequisite-for-pyproject-backend tag needs to check Build-Depends-Indep too Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2022-11-30 16:30 +0100
Re: Bug#1025164: lintian: missing-prerequisite-for-pyproject-backend tag needs to check Build-Depends-Indep too Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org> - 2022-12-01 04:40 +0100
Re: Bug#1025164: lintian: missing-prerequisite-for-pyproject-backend tag needs to check Build-Depends-Indep too Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2022-12-01 05:20 +0100
Re: Bug#1025164: lintian: missing-prerequisite-for-pyproject-backend tag needs to check Build-Depends-Indep too Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org> - 2022-12-01 08:00 +0100
Re: Bug#1025164: lintian: missing-prerequisite-for-pyproject-backend tag needs to check Build-Depends-Indep too Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org> - 2022-12-02 23:20 +0100
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