Package: lintian Version: 1.23.38 Severity: minor Tags: patch Hi!
The new malformed-override tag introduces some unencoded < and > in the description, making the text unreadable. This has only partially been fixed in SVN. Attached patch fixes that description fully, plus some other instances of unencoded < and > I could find. Thijs
diff -Nur lintian-1.23.38/checks/debconf.desc lintian-1.23.39/checks/debconf.desc --- lintian-1.23.38/checks/debconf.desc 2007-10-15 03:29:28.000000000 +0200 +++ lintian-1.23.39/checks/debconf.desc 2007-12-09 10:45:57.000000000 +0100 @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ . Since error types were added after debconf-2.0, one cannot use the normal debconf-2.0 alternative to allow for cdebconf or other implementations. - Instead, use <tt>debconf (>= 1.4.69) | cdebconf (>= 0.39)</tt>. + Instead, use <tt>debconf (>= 1.4.69) | cdebconf (>= 0.39)</tt>. . All versions of debconf back to etch support error templates, but the debconf released with sarge didn't, so this dependency is still helpful diff -Nur lintian-1.23.38/checks/debhelper.desc lintian-1.23.39/checks/debhelper.desc --- lintian-1.23.38/checks/debhelper.desc 2007-04-28 06:42:25.000000000 +0200 +++ lintian-1.23.39/checks/debhelper.desc 2007-12-09 10:46:11.000000000 +0100 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Tag: package-lacks-versioned-build-depends-on-debhelper Type: info -Info: If a package sets debhelper's compatibility version to >= 5, +Info: If a package sets debhelper's compatibility version to >= 5, either via DH_COMPAT, or via debian/compat, or via dh_testversion (which is deprecated), it should declare a versioned Build-Depends on the needed version of debhelper. @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Type: info Info: The source package requests dh_python compatibility level 2 (or higher) in <tt>debian/pycompat</tt> but doesn't depend on a new enough - debhelper. A Build-Depends on debhelper (>= 5.0.37.2) is required for + debhelper. A Build-Depends on debhelper (>= 5.0.37.2) is required for this support. . All versions of debhelper back to etch support this, but the debhelper diff -Nur lintian-1.23.38/checks/files.desc lintian-1.23.39/checks/files.desc --- lintian-1.23.38/checks/files.desc 2007-12-04 20:37:27.000000000 +0100 +++ lintian-1.23.39/checks/files.desc 2007-12-09 10:44:58.000000000 +0100 @@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ installed into the old /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts path may not be seen by the X server. . - If the package uses imake, it must build-depend on xutils-dev (>= + If the package uses imake, it must build-depend on xutils-dev (>= 1:1.0.2-2) for the correct paths. If it uses dh_installxfonts to handle X - font installation, it must build-depend on debhelper (>= 5.0.31). + font installation, it must build-depend on debhelper (>= 5.0.31). Ref: policy 11.8.5 Tag: package-installs-file-to-usr-x11r6-bin @@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ successfully. However, such a package will be left in an inconsistent state and may orphan files when the compatibility link goes away. . - If the package uses imake, it must build-depend on xutils-dev (>= + If the package uses imake, it must build-depend on xutils-dev (>= 1:1.0.2-2) for the correct paths. Ref: policy 11.8.7 Tag: file-in-usr-something-x11-without-pre-depends Type: info Info: Packages that install files into /usr/include/X11 or /usr/lib/X11 - should pre-depend on at least x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0). These directories + should pre-depend on at least x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0). These directories used to be symlinks and installing files in them while they are still symlinks will put files in the wrong locations and cause stranded files and other problems. x11-common is responsible for converting the @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ . Programs that use GNU autoconf and automake are usually easily configured at compile time to use /usr/ instead of /usr/X11R6/. Packages that use - imake must build-depend on xutils-dev (>= 1:1.0.2-2) for the correct + imake must build-depend on xutils-dev (>= 1:1.0.2-2) for the correct paths. Ref: policy 11.8.7 @@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ Type: error Ref: policy 11.8.6 Info: Packages that install files into the /etc/X11/Xresources/ directory must - declare a conflict with xbase (<< 3.3.2.3a-2); if this is not done it is + declare a conflict with xbase (<< 3.3.2.3a-2); if this is not done it is possible for the installing package to destroy a previously-existing /etc/X11/Xresources file which had been customized by the system administrator. diff -Nur lintian-1.23.38/checks/lintian.desc lintian-1.23.39/checks/lintian.desc --- lintian-1.23.38/checks/lintian.desc 2007-12-04 09:25:33.000000000 +0100 +++ lintian-1.23.39/checks/lintian.desc 2007-12-09 10:42:01.000000000 +0100 @@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ Info: Lintian discovered an override entry with an invalid format. An override entry should have the format: . - <package>[ <type>]: <tag>[ <extra> ...] + <package>[ <type>]: <tag>[ <extra> ...] . - where <package> is the package name, the optional <type> parameter - specifies the package type (binary is the default), <tag> is the tag to - suppress, and <extra> is any specific information for the particular tag + where <package> is the package name, the optional <type> parameter + specifies the package type (binary is the default), <tag> is the tag to + suppress, and <extra> is any specific information for the particular tag to suppress.
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