Raphael Geissert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: lintian > Version: 1.23.36 > Severity: wishlist > > It would be nice to have some warnings in case the modification in > .diff.gz go out of the scope of debian/ despite the existence of > debian/patches (altough also reporting when the package build-depends on > dpatch or quilt shouldn't harm). > > This is based on the idea that if debian/patches is used it means the > maintainer may have done something wrong (.patch left behind under some > dir? what about a somedir.orig forgotten?).
This is a very good idea. I'll work on including something like that in the next release. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
