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 level tag count information
apt-build 0.12.51 apt-build/0.12.51 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 9 Pre-Depends: dpkg
console-setup 1.237 console-setup/1.237 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 1 Depends: hurd
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 6 Depends: bash
imx-code-signing-tool 3.4.0+dfsg-2 imx-code-signing-tool/3.4.0+dfsg-2+b2 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 2 Depends: bash
imx-code-signing-tool 3.4.0+dfsg-2 imx-code-signing-tool/3.4.0+dfsg-2+b3 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 1 Depends: bash
python-crcmod 1.7+dfsg-3 python3-crcmod/1.7+dfsg-3+b5 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 1 Pre-Depends: dpkg
python-crcmod 1.7+dfsg-3 python3-crcmod/1.7+dfsg-3+b7 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 7 Pre-Depends: dpkg
python-crcmod 1.7+dfsg-3 python3-crcmod/1.7+dfsg-3+b8 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 1 Pre-Depends: dpkg
schroot 1.6.13-7 schroot/1.6.13-7 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 9 Depends: sysvinit-utils
sphinxsearch 2.2.11-8 sphinxsearch/2.2.11-8+b3 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 1 Depends: sysvinit-utils
sphinxsearch 2.2.11-8 sphinxsearch/2.2.11-8+b4 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 7 Depends: sysvinit-utils
sphinxsearch 2.2.11-8 sphinxsearch/2.2.11-8+b5 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 1 Depends: sysvinit-utils
sphinxsearch 2.8.2-1 sphinxsearch/2.8.2-1 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 8 Depends: sysvinit-utils
sphinxsearch 2.8.2-1 sphinxsearch/2.8.2-1+b1 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 1 Depends: sysvinit-utils
tcllib 2.0+dfsg-4 tcllib/2.0+dfsg-4 overridden depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 1 Depends: hurd
vblade 25-2 vblade/25-2 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 8 Depends: sysvinit-utils
vblade 25-2 vblade/25-2+b1 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 1 Depends: sysvinit-utils
yaku-ns 0.2-4 yaku-ns/0.2-4 error depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version 9 Depends: sysvinit-utils