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 From: lamby@debian.org 
  
 Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: 
  
 >> N:   The stanza for an installation package in debian/control declares a 
 >> N:   Built-Using field even though the package is declared as 
 Architecture: 
 >> N:   all. That is incorrect. 
 >> N: 
 >> N:   The Built-Using field is only used architecture-specific packages. 
 Please 
 >> N:   remove the Built-Using field from the indicated location. 
 >> 
 >> is simply wrong. 
 > 
 > I agree that it's wrong.  It's also confusing beacuse it doesn't give 
 > any actual explanation that would help someone understand why the author 
 > of this warning thinks it would have been incorrect. 
 > 
 > a bit of spelunking in the lintian repo suggests that this check was 
 > added in response to https://bugs.debian.org/891072 (perhaps with 
 > insufficient reasoning) and its text has changed to become more 
 > argument-by-assertion over the years. 
 > 
 > (see lintian commit e83f69fd2f1ea31ce0ecc2d86f55ad9ef0dfded3) 
  
 Nice work tracking this down. I would agree that it's wrong (or has 
 changed over time, etc.).  Don't keep it on my account, in other 
 words. :) 
  
  
 Regards, 
  
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