Bug#682464: libtasn1-3: Unused build dependencies

[Simon Josefsson]

"P. J. McDermott" <pjm at nac.net> writes:

> Source: libtasn1-3
> Version: 2.13-2
> Severity: minor
> Tags: patch
>
> libtasn1-3 build-depends on gtk-doc-tools and texlive-latex-base,
> neither of which is used in the build process.  Both can be safely
> removed from debian/control as in the attached patch (tested in a sid
> chroot).

The dependencies should be used during the build process to generate the
GTK-DOC API manual.  I've heard before that it is recommended that
everything that is shipped in Debian packages are built from sources to
make sure that it is possible to rebuild generated files if necessary.
I recall this is common for other packages with GTK-DOC manuals too.

/Simon


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> diff -Nru libtasn1-3-2.13/debian/changelog libtasn1-3-2.13/debian/changelog
> --- libtasn1-3-2.13/debian/changelog	2012-06-07 11:46:10.000000000 -0400
> +++ libtasn1-3-2.13/debian/changelog	2012-07-22 20:26:38.000000000 -0400
> @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
> +libtasn1-3 (2.13-2.1) unstable; urgency=low
> +
> +  * Non-maintainer upload.
> +  * Remove unused build dependencies on gtk-doc-tools and texlive-latex-base.
> +
> + -- P. J. McDermott <pjm at nac.net>  Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:11:00 -0400
> +
>  libtasn1-3 (2.13-2) unstable; urgency=low
>  
>    * Upload to unstable.
> diff -Nru libtasn1-3-2.13/debian/control libtasn1-3-2.13/debian/control
> --- libtasn1-3-2.13/debian/control	2012-03-25 03:01:46.000000000 -0400
> +++ libtasn1-3-2.13/debian/control	2012-07-22 20:19:45.000000000 -0400
> @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
>  Section: libs
>  Maintainer: Debian GnuTLS Maintainers <pkg-gnutls-maint at lists.alioth.debian.org>
>  Uploaders: Andreas Metzler <ametzler at debian.org>, Eric Dorland <eric at debian.org>, James Westby <jw+debian at jameswestby.net>, Simon Josefsson <simon at josefsson.org>
> -Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 8.1.3), cdbs (>= 0.4.93), bison, gtk-doc-tools,
> - texinfo, autotools-dev, texlive-latex-base
> +Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 8.1.3), cdbs (>= 0.4.93), bison,
> + texinfo, autotools-dev
>  Standards-Version: 3.9.3
>  Priority: standard
>  Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/pkg-gnutls/packages/libtasn1-3/trunk