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and subject line Bug#1124442: fixed in lintian 2.128.1
has caused the Debian Bug report #1124442,
regarding lintian: false positive redundant-priority-optional-field tag
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Package: lintian
Version: 2.128.0
Severity: normal
Hi,
Starting with version 2.128.0, lintian emit the following tag:
P: glibc source: redundant-priority-optional-field [debian/control:47]
While policy 4.7.3 stop recommending the "Priority" field, this doesn't
make this field redundant. Indeed for this field, dpkg defaults to
"optional" if not present for a source package, and to the source value
for binary package. As a consequence, removing the entry for binary
packages might actually change the resulting priority.
Therefore, for binary packages, and in addition to the current check,
lintian should verify that the priority of the source package is
"optional" before deciding the field is redundant.
Regards
Aurelien
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: lintian
Source-Version: 2.128.1
Done: Louis-Philippe Véronneau <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lintian, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Louis-Philippe Véronneau <[email protected]> (supplier of updated lintian
package)
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Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2026 22:28:30 -0500
Source: lintian
Architecture: source
Version: 2.128.1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Louis-Philippe Véronneau <[email protected]>
Closes: 1124442
Changes:
lintian (2.128.1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Nilesh Patra ]
* Check for "Priority: optional" field in binary packages only if the source
package specifies it as optional/omits it. (Closes: #1124442)
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