Bug#1079613: grass: Is the `fakeroot` Build-Depends still relevant?

[Bas Couwenberg]

Control: tags -1 pending

On 8/25/24 12:36, Niels Thykier wrote:
> In that regard, I had a look at `grass` and it explicitly 
> `Build-Depends` on `fakeroot`. The changelog references a 
> `htmlgen-fakeroot.dpatch` back from 2009 or so.
> 
> However, I cannot find said patch nor a tool called htmlgen, so suspect 
> this build-dependency might be obsolete.
> 
> Please consider having a look and drop the `fakeroot` Build-Dependency 
> if it is no longer relevant.

Yes, the dependency is obsolete. It's dropped in git and that change 
will be included in the next upload.

Kind Regards,

Bas