> Yes. Otherwise, with wildcards in play, it would not be possible to determine > which license applies to which file. > The syntax definition > > https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/#files-field > states; > > "Multiple Files stanzas are allowed. > The last stanza that matches a particular file applies to it. > More general stanzas should therefore be given first, > followed by more specific overrides." > > > > Do we have any tool that would reformat the debian/copyright file > > automatically? Like wrap-and-sort is for debian/control but for > > debian/control? If people would run such a tool it could help > > eliminate incorrect syntax/ordering issues. > > I don't know of any, and I have never seen this issue before. > Most maintainers working on copyright files know to put the > wildard stanzas first.
In the example above the difference is drastic as I moved the full wildcard from the beginning to the end, but subtle ordering issues of various subdirectories may be hard to detect. Maybe lrc could provide some automation in this situation?
