Lintian tag: bogus-python-prerequisite

Type: error

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

This Python package declares an invalid prerequisite. For example,
packages should not refer to any of the what-is-python packages in the
source field for Build-Depends, or in the binary fields for Depends or
Recommends.

Please refer to Bug#973011 for details.

Visibility: error
Show-Always: no
Check: languages/python/bogus-prerequisites

Affected packages

source version binary level tag count information
borgmatic 2.0.11-2 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
cbmc 6.6.0-4 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
etckeeper 1.18.23-2 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
fonts-jetbrains-mono 2.304+ds-6.1 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
fonts-mikhak 3.4+ds-1 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
fonts-roboto 2:3.016-1 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
labgrid 26.0-2 overridden bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
pairtools 1.1.3-2 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
pyfai 2026.02-3 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-dev-is-python3:any)
pysolfc 3.2.0-2 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
pytango 10.3.1-2 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
python-awkward 2.9.0-2 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
python-pysubs2 1.8.0-1 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
python-sh 2.2.1-2 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
sympy 1.14.0-4 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
tango 10.3.3+dfsg1-2 overridden bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)
wireless-regdb 2026.05.30-1 error bogus-python-prerequisite 1 Build-Depends (satisfies python-is-python3:any)