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+# this is lintian being stupid and failing to detect our alternative php-cli dependency - remove when dropping php5
+davical: php-script-but-no-php-cli-dep usr/share/davical/scripts/archive-old-events.php
+davical: php-script-but-no-php-cli-dep usr/share/davical/scripts/cron-sync-ldap.php
+davical: php-script-but-no-php-cli-dep usr/share/davical/scripts/export_calendar.php
+davical: php-script-but-no-php-cli-dep usr/share/davical/scripts/load_calendar.php
+davical: php-script-but-no-php-cli-dep usr/share/davical/scripts/refresh-alarms.php
+davical: php-script-but-no-php-cli-dep usr/share/davical/scripts/sync-remote-caldav.php
+davical: php-script-but-no-php-cli-dep usr/share/davical/scripts/tz-update.php