Lintian tag: depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version

Type: error

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

The package declares a depends on an essential package, e.g. dpkg, without
using a versioned depends. Packages do not need to depend on essential
packages; essential means that they will always be present. The only
reason to list an explicit dependency on an essential package is if you
need a particular version of that package, in which case the version
should be given in the dependency.

Please refer to Dependencies (Section 3.5) in the Debian Policy Manual for
details.

Visibility: error
Show-Always: no
Check: fields/package-relations

Affected packages

source version binary tag type tag information count
apt-build 0.12.50 apt-build/0.12.50 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Pre-Depends: dpkg 9
console-setup 1.230 console-setup/1.230 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: hurd 1
imx-code-signing-tool 3.4.0+dfsg-2 imx-code-signing-tool/3.4.0+dfsg-2+b1 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: bash 9
python-crcmod 1.7+dfsg-3 python3-crcmod/1.7+dfsg-3+b3 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Pre-Depends: dpkg 1
python-crcmod 1.7+dfsg-3 python3-crcmod/1.7+dfsg-3+b5 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Pre-Depends: dpkg 8
redis 5:7.0.15-1 redis-sentinel/5:7.0.15-1+b1 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: sysvinit-utils 8
redis 5:7.0.15-1 redis-sentinel/5:7.0.15-1+b2 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: sysvinit-utils 1
redis 5:7.0.15-1 redis-server/5:7.0.15-1+b1 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: sysvinit-utils 8
redis 5:7.0.15-1 redis-server/5:7.0.15-1+b2 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: sysvinit-utils 1
redis 5:7.2.5-1 redis-sentinel/5:7.2.5-1 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: sysvinit-utils 9
redis 5:7.2.5-1 redis-server/5:7.2.5-1 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: sysvinit-utils 9
schroot 1.6.13-5 schroot/1.6.13-5 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: sysvinit-utils 9
sphinxsearch 2.2.11-8 sphinxsearch/2.2.11-8+b2 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: sysvinit-utils 1
sphinxsearch 2.2.11-8 sphinxsearch/2.2.11-8+b3 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: sysvinit-utils 8
sphinxsearch 2.8.2-1 sphinxsearch/2.8.2-1 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: sysvinit-utils 8
sphinxsearch 2.8.2-1 sphinxsearch/2.8.2-1+b1 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: sysvinit-utils 1
tcllib 1.21+dfsg-1 tcllib/1.21+dfsg-1 overridden depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: hurd 1
vblade 25-2 vblade/25-2 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: sysvinit-utils 9
yaku-ns 0.2-4 yaku-ns/0.2-4 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version Depends: sysvinit-utils 9