Bug#813811: perl: build profile restrictions need build-dependency on dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.14)

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Fri, Feb 05, 2016 at 03:41:36PM +0200, Niko Tyni wrote:
> Package: perl
> Version: 5.22.1-6
> 
> Commit b79b26ed
>  http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/perl/perl.git/commit/?id=b79b26ed
> marked those build dependencies that are only used for the test suite
> as not applicable to builds with the 'nocheck' build profile.
> 
> This triggers
>  https://lintian.debian.org/tags/restriction-formula-without-versioned-dpkg-dev-dependency.html
> 
> Quoting:
>  If a restriction formula appears in the source relation or if the
>  Build-Profiles field is used in a binary package stanza then the
>  source package has to build depend on dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.14) for minimal
>  restriction formula support
> 
> We currently have a versioned build dependency on dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.0),
> so in practice this would bump it from wheezy to jessie.

Since backporting is pretty much a non-starter for perl because of
XS dependencies, I can't imagine this being a problem.

> I think this is acceptable and intend to bump the dependency, but I'm
> OK also with reverting the commit if needed. It's not required for cross
> building support AFAICS, it was just inspired by my studies on that.

Sounds fine to me.

Cheers,
Dominic.