Package: lintian Severity: wishlist
gperf generates C and C++ files The generated files are source code but they are not the preferred form of modification Some upstream projects include these generated files in release tarballs and repositories. Sometimes their build scripts don't correctly detect changes and regenerate the files when required. To ensure that the files can be regenerated on demand, it would be desirable to discourage keeping these generated sources in the orig.tar.gz Lintian could detect such files quite easily as they often contain patterns such as: /* C++ code produced by gperf version 3.0.3 */ /* ANSI-C code produced by gperf version 2.7.2 */ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
