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and subject line Bug#1127489: fixed in lintian-brush 0.167
has caused the Debian Bug report #1127489,
regarding lintian-brush decreases d/watch version
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Package: lintian-brush
Version: 0.166
Severity: normal
Hi,
I guess this example might be sufficient:
$ git show 3d5fe8375
commit 3d5fe83758243304f00e831d7d9a45c15ee9118c
Author: Andreas Tille <[email protected]>
Date: Mon Feb 9 15:58:17 2026 +0100
Update watch file format version to 4.
Changes-By: lintian-brush
Fixes: lintian: obsolete-debian-watch-file-standard
See-also:
https://lintian.debian.org/tags/obsolete-debian-watch-file-standard.html
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 37be7d20..566bd8d5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ cppreference-doc (20170409-2.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
* Standards-Version: 4.7.3 (routine-update)
* Remove Priority field to comply with Debian Policy 4.7.3 (routine-
update)
+ * Update watch file format version to 4.
-- Andreas Tille <[email protected]> Mon, 09 Feb 2026 07:06:17 +0100
diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index 56513e6a..1d36aa1c 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+version=4
Version: 5
Template: Github
Please to not do this on version=5 watch files.
Thank you for your work on lintian-brush in any case
Andreas.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (501, 'testing'), (50, 'buildd-unstable'), (50, 'unstable'), (5,
'experimental'), (1, 'buildd-experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.17.13+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=de_DE:de
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages lintian-brush depends on:
ii devscripts 2.26.5
ii libc6 2.42-11+b1
ii libgcc-s1 15.2.0-12
ii libgmp10 2:6.3.0+dfsg-5+b1
ii libhogweed6t64 3.10.2-1
ii liblzma5 5.8.2-2
ii libnettle8t64 3.10.2-1
ii libpython3.13 3.13.11-1+b1
ii libssl3t64 3.5.5-1
ii python3-breezy 3.3.17-3+b1
Versions of packages lintian-brush recommends:
ii debhelper 13.29
ii decopy 0.2.4.9-0.1
ii dos2unix 7.5.2-1
ii gpg 2.4.8-5
ii lintian 2.129.0
Versions of packages lintian-brush suggests:
ii brz-debian 2.8.80
ii git-buildpackage 0.9.39
ii po-debconf 1.0.22
ii postgresql-common 288
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: lintian-brush
Source-Version: 0.167
Done: Jelmer Vernooij <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lintian-brush, 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.
Jelmer Vernooij <[email protected]> (supplier of updated lintian-brush package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:54:21 +0000
Source: lintian-brush
Architecture: source
Version: 0.167
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Jelmer Vernooij <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Jelmer Vernooij <[email protected]>
Closes: 1127489
Changes:
lintian-brush (0.167) unstable; urgency=medium
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* Update watch file handling to use version 5 format. Closes: #1127489
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