On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:01:10PM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote: >Package: mirror >Version: 2.9-62 >Severity: serious >User: [email protected] >Usertags: piuparts > >Hi, > >during a test with piuparts I noticed your package modifies the files it >ships, causing debsums to report mismatches later on: > > /usr/share/doc/mirror/mirror.txt.gz > /usr/share/doc/mirror/html/mirror-ref.html > /usr/share/mirror/mirror.pl > /usr/share/mirror/dateconv.pl > /usr/share/mirror/lchat.pl > /usr/share/mirror/lsparse.pl > /usr/share/mirror/ftp.pl > /usr/bin/do_unlinks > /usr/bin/mirror-master > /usr/bin/pkgs_to_mmin > >Either the license permits distribution of modified binaries - then this >can be done at build time [2], or the license violates DFSG 4 [1].
"binaries" is a weird concept here, considering this package is mainly perl scripts. :-) I've written to upstream to ask for clarification. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] Who needs computer imagery when you've got Brian Blessed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
