#1129677 tpm-tools: please drop the "quilt" build-depency, this is a '3.0 (quilt)' package

Package:
src:tpm-tools
Source:
src:tpm-tools
Submitter:
Alexandre Detiste
Date:
2026-03-04 17:19:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1129677#5
Date:
2026-03-04 17:17:15 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainers,

tpm-tools has an extraneous/stale build-dependecy on 'quilt'.

With modern '3.0 (quilt)' packages this build-dependency
is not needed anymore: the task of applying the patches
at build-time is handled by dpkg itself.

Greetings

Alexandre


/tmp/tpm-tools-1.3.9.2$ grep -ir quilt
debian/source/format:3.0 (quilt)
debian/control: quilt, autopoint
debian/changelog:  * Switch to dpkg-source 3.0 (quilt) format
debian/changelog:  * Using quilt rather than dpatch.
/tmp/tpm-tools-1.3.9.2$