New: README.d/deps implies that there is a Debian package named checkpatch, but there isn’t

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>.

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

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:

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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:

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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:

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                        $ 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>).

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Quoted 32 lines · 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:

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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:

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Build
To build the project, there are many dependencies, some of which are strictly necessary, and others which improve the quality (such as linters).

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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

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indeed appear be written as <debian-package>/<binary> except for one. One

of

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the items on the list is “checkpatch/checkpatch”. There is no Debian

package

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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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