rules-require-build-prerequisite

The code in debian/rules requires a prerequisite that is not presently listed in the package's Build-Depends.

In the special case of Python, affected packages should Build-Depend on one of python3, python3-all, python3-dev, or python3-all-dev. Which one depends on whether a package supports multiple Python versions, and also whether the package builds Python modules or uses Python only as part of the build process.

Packages that depend on a specific Python version may build-depend on any appropriate pythonX.Y or pythonX.Y-dev package instead.

The condition you see in the context is not a recommendation on what to add. If you see a list, more than likely only one member is needed to make this tag go away. You probably also do not need the :any multiarch qualifier, if you see one.

Severity: error
Experimental: false
Renamed from: missing-build-dependency, missing-python-build-dependency

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