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debian-control-has-obsolete-dbg-package

The debian/control file declares a -dbg package.

Debug packages are now generated automatically. It reduces the space requirements for archive mirrors for regular operations.

Please drop the -dbg package the debian/control file. Do not change it to a dummy package that depends on the -dbgsym package.

For more information please consult:

The tag is present in Lintian version 2.114.163. That is the most recent version we know about.

We use semantic versions. The patch number is a commit step indicator relative to the 2.114.0 release tag in our Git repository.

You can find the detection logic for this version at commit ea05801. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check debug/obsolete.

Visibility: info

The following 167 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 273 times (in any Lintian version).

There were no overrides.