[Bug 221712] README.d/deps implies that there is a Debian package named checkpatch, but there isn’t

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221712

--- Comment #1 from Alejandro Colomar ([email protected]) ---
On 2026-07-01T17:36:24+0000, [email protected] wrote:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221712
> 
>             Bug ID: 221712
>            Summary: README.d/deps implies that there is a Debian package
>                     named checkpatch, but there isn’t
>            Product: Documentation
>            Version: unspecified
>           Hardware: All
>                 OS: Linux
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P3
>          Component: man-pages
>           Assignee: [email protected]
>           Reporter: [email protected]
>         Regression: No
> 
> README.d/deps says:
> 
> > Description
> >         There are different kinds of software dependencies on which this
> >         project depends.  For maintaining the health of this project,
> >         the health of those dependencies is also essential.  The
> >         following lists dependencies as <debian-package>/<binary>.
> 
> That same file goes on to say:
> 
> >         Build
> >                 To build the project, there are many dependencies, some
> >                 of which are strictly necessary, and others which
> >                 improve the quality (such as linters).
> > 
> >                 This list can be generated by the build system itself.
> >                 Run the following command to print this list:
> > 
> >                         $ make -R help-list-build-depends
> 
> When I run “make -R help-list-build-depends”, all of the items on the list do
> indeed appear be written as <debian-package>/<binary> except for one. One of
> the items on the list is “checkpatch/checkpatch”. There is no Debian package
> that’s named checkpatch (see
> <https://packages.debian.org/trixie/checkpatch>).

Yup; I've been wanting to package that for a long time, but never found
the time.  I'll try to dedicate some time to it soon.

Thanks!


Cheers,
Alex

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