[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 #2 from Alejandro Colomar ([email protected]) ---
On 2026-07-01T21:20:36+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> 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.

I've decided to entirely drop the lint-c-checkpatch target, and thus the
dependency.  The problem is solved.  :)

Cheers,
Alex

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Alex
> 
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