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weak-dependency-on-misc-depends

The source package declares a weak dependency on ${misc:Depends} in the given binary package's debian/control entry. A stronger dependency, that is one that ensures the package's installation, is required so that the additional commands are available to the maintainer scripts when they are run.

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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 8ab6976. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check debhelper.

Visibility: warning

The following 1 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 1 times (in any Lintian version).

There were no overrides.