Hi Chris, > > However, that only removes trailing spaces, while trailing tabs will also > > trigger the warning > > … but not in debian/rules as leaving trailing tabs is quite common, > hence the safer and less-exhaustive sed.
I think I missed something. Why is it good to keep trailing tabs in a Makefile? > I've updated the description to match, which — I think! — should please both > of us: > > https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=45632b0eee896 > 7eb155fddd093c7761c12bc1980 it probably shouldn't say debian/control in the sample command but otherwise, that at least tells the maintainer how to fix the warning rather than giving an instruction that does not. cheers Stuart -- Stuart Prescott http://www.nanonanonano.net/ [email protected] Debian Developer http://www.debian.org/ [email protected] GPG fingerprint 90E2 D2C1 AD14 6A1B 7EBB 891D BBC1 7EBB 1396 F2F7

