• Bug#1109992: lintian: symbols-file-missing-build-depends-package-field

    From Chris Hofstaedtler@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 27 22:10:01 2025
    Package: lintian
    Version: 2.122.0

    Hi,

    I've inherited a package which uses Build-Depends-Packages in its
    symbols files. Per deb-symbols(5):

    Build-Depends-Packages

    The same as Build-Depends-Package but accepts a comma-separated
    list of package names (since dpkg 1.20.0). This field will
    override any Build-Depends-Package field present, and is mostly
    useful with “-dev” packages and metapackages depending on these, say
    for a transition period.


    So I'd say symbols-file-missing-build-depends-package-field should
    not be emitted when Build-Depends-Packages is present.

    Thanks,
    Chris

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