Package: lintian Version: 2.2.1 Severity: important -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
Hi, with lintian 2.2.1 I have this error (and false warnings): # lintian -iIvE --pedantic \ # /var/cache/pbuilder/result/unstable/gsmartcontrol_0.8.3-1_i386.changes N: Setting up lab in /tmp/XW5Bsq34Mb ... N: Processing changes file gsmartcontrol_0.8.3-1_i386.changes ... N: Processing 2 packages... N: ---- N: Processing source package gsmartcontrol (version 0.8.3-1) ... N: ---- N: Processing binary package gsmartcontrol (version 0.8.3-1) ... W: gsmartcontrol: copyright-refers-to-versionless-license-file usr/share/common-licenses/GPL N: N: The copyright file refers to the versionless symlink in N: /usr/share/common-licenses for the full text of the GPL, LGPL, or GFDL N: license, but the package does not appear to allow distribution under N: later versions of the license. This symlink will change with each N: release of a new version of the license and may therefore point to a N: different version than the package is released under. debian/copyright N: should instead refers to the specific version of the license that the N: package references. N: N: For example, if the package says something like "you can redistribute it N: and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as N: published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991," N: the debian/copyright file should refer to N: /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2, not /GPL. N: N: Severity: normal, Certainty: possible N: Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 165. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 170. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 175. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 182. Use of uninitialized value $_ in length at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 189. Use of uninitialized value $_ in length at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 197. Use of uninitialized value $_ in length at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 202. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 209. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 242. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 249. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 253. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 257. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 261. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 264. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 268. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 273. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 276. Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 282. W: gsmartcontrol: copyright-without-copyright-notice N: N: The copyright file for this package does not appear to contain a N: copyright notice. You should copy the copyright notice from the upstream N: source (or add one of your own for a native package). A copyright notice N: must consist of Copyright, Copr., or the Unicode symbol of C in a circle N: followed by the years and the copyright holder. A copyright notice is N: not required for a work to be copyrighted, but Debian requires the N: copyright file include the authors and years of copyright, and including N: a valid copyright notice is the best way to do that. N: N: If the package is in the public domain rather than copyrighted, be sure N: to mention "public domain" in the copyright file. Please be aware that N: this is very rare and not the same as a DFSG-free license. True public N: domain software is generally limited to such special cases as a work N: product of a United States government agency. N: N: Refer to http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html for details. N: N: Severity: normal, Certainty: certain N: Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 292. N: Removing /tmp/XW5Bsq34Mb ... - -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers testing-proposed-updates APT policy: (990, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages lintian depends on: ii binutils 2.18.1~cvs20080103-7 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii diffstat 1.45-2 produces graph of changes introduc ii dpkg-dev 1.14.24 Debian package development tools ii file 4.26-1 Determines file type using "magic" ii gettext 0.17-4 GNU Internationalization utilities ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1 Help i18n of RFC822 compliant conf ii libdigest-sha-perl 5.47-1 Perl extension for SHA-1/224/256/3 ii libipc-run-perl 0.80-2 Perl module for running processes ii libparse-debianchan 1.1.1-2 parse Debian changelogs and output ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-9 Time and date functions for Perl ii liburi-perl 1.35.dfsg.1-1 Manipulates and accesses URI strin ii man-db 2.5.2-3 on-line manual pager ii perl [libdigest-sha 5.10.0-19 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction lintian recommends no packages. Versions of packages lintian suggests: ii binutils-multiarch 2.18.1~cvs20080103-7 Binary utilities that support mult ii libtext-template-pe 1.44-1.2 Text::Template perl module ii man-db 2.5.2-3 on-line manual pager - -- no debconf information -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmFfukACgkQNxpp46476apmkACePeRx9h4Rmqq45YrYR819DHR4 vLYAnja2E2prm6rECfTyRRZkMRSOr2Nx =zzl4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
