Bug#796818: libgcrypt20-dev: 'libgcrypt-config --libs' prints an error if dpkg-dev is not installed

[Markus Rinne]

Package: libgcrypt20-dev
Version: 1.6.3-2
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

If package dpkg-dev is not installed, the command

    libgcrypt-config --libs

prints this error to standard error:

    /usr/bin/libgcrypt-config: 1: /usr/bin/libgcrypt-config: dpkg-architecture: not found

This is printed to standard output:

    -L/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lgcrypt

(Package dpkg-dev contains dpkg-architecture.)

If dpkg-dev is installed, the same command prints this to standard output:

    -lgcrypt

and nothing is printed to standard error.

Should dpkg-dev be a dependency of libgcrypt20-dev?


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.1.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages libgcrypt20-dev depends on:
ii  libc6-dev [libc-dev]  2.19-19
ii  libgcrypt20           1.6.3-2
ii  libgpg-error-dev      1.19-2

libgcrypt20-dev recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libgcrypt20-dev suggests:
pn  libgcrypt20-doc  <none>

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