Ubuntu
devscripts package

devscripts shouls suggest/recommend debhelper

Bug #178749 reported by Terence Simpson
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devscripts (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: devscripts

The devscripts package should have a Suggests or Recommends on debhelper as many/most debian package use the dh_* scripts in debian/rules

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/devscripts
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package devscripts - 2.10.11ubuntu3

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devscripts (2.10.11ubuntu3) hardy; urgency=low

  [ Terence Simpson ]
  * scripts/debchange.pl:
    Allow -i increment ~ppa revisions (LP: #180748)

  [ Sarah Hobbs ]
  * Added recommends: debhelper as most packages use the dh_* scripts
    in debian/rules (LP: #178749)

 -- Sarah Hobbs <email address hidden> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:46:38 +1100

Changed in devscripts:
status: New → Fix Released
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Surely this makes no sense? Packages that use debhelper build-depend on it, and you *must* install a package's build-dependencies in order to build it.

I propose to drop this change in Intrepid; it's an unnecessary delta against Debian. Speak out in this bug report if you have a good reason why it should not be dropped.

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