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Package: lintian
Version: 2.2.1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
When I run the new lintian against libnetaddr-ip-perl
(debian/copyright attached) I get:
$ lintian --info --pedantic --color=auto
/home/gregoa/src/svn-pkg-perl/trunk/build-area/libnetaddr-ip-perl_4.024+dfsg-1_i386.changes
P: libnetaddr-ip-perl: copyright-refers-to-symlink-license
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. This symlink is updated to point to the latest version of the
N: license when a new one is released. The package appears to allow
N: relicensing under later versions of its license, so this is legally
N: consistent, but it implies that Debian will relicense the package under
N: later versions of those licenses as they're released. It is normally
N: better to point to the version of the license the package references in
N: its license statement.
N:
N: For example, if the package says something like "you may redistribute it
N: and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
N: published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
N: option) any later version", the debian/copyright file should refer to
N: /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2, not /GPL.
N:
N: Severity: pedantic, 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: libnetaddr-ip-perl: 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.
Without --info it looks better:
$ lintian --pedantic --color=auto
/home/gregoa/src/svn-pkg-perl/trunk/build-area/libnetaddr-ip-perl_4.024+dfsg-1_i386.changes
P: libnetaddr-ip-perl: copyright-refers-to-symlink-license
usr/share/common-licenses/GPL
Looking at the code it seems that $_ gets "eaten" in
checks/copyright-file, line 159, if --info is used. The attached
patch saves $_ (but I guess the problem is more in lib/Tags.pm?).
The second glitch is the check for the Perl license in the same
section of the code. Looking for "as Perl itself" is a good start but
does not work for debian/copyright files with the new format that
just have
License-Alias: Perl
License: GPL-1+ | Artistic
and then have standalone stanzas for "License: GPL-1+" and "License:
Artistic".
The attached patch also checks for "License-Alias: Perl".
Cheers,
gregor
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'experimental'),
(500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.28.200901282224
Locale: LANG=C, lc_ctype=de...@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii binutils 2.18.1~cvs20080103-7 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii diffstat 1.46-1 produces graph of changes introduc
ii dpkg-dev 1.14.24 Debian package development tools
ii file 4.26-2 Determines file type using "magic"
ii gettext 0.17-6 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1 Help i18n of RFC822 compliant conf
ii libipc-run-perl 0.82-1 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 1.37+dfsg-1 Manipulates and accesses URI strin
ii man-db 2.5.2-4 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:
pn binutils-multiarch <none> (no description available)
ii libtext-template-perl 1.44-1.2 Text::Template perl module
ii man-db 2.5.2-4 on-line manual pager
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--- checks/copyright-file 2009-02-01 16:01:27.000000000 +0100
+++ checks/copyright-file.improved 2009-02-01 16:28:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -153,13 +153,15 @@
# Allow generic GPL references for packages licensed under the same terms as
# Perl for now. Perl references GPL version 1, which isn't in
# common-licenses.
-if (m,(usr/share/common-licenses/(L?GPL|GFDL))[^-],i && !m,as Perl itself,i) {
+if (m,(usr/share/common-licenses/(L?GPL|GFDL))[^-],i && !m,as Perl itself,i && !m,License-Alias:\s+Perl,) {
my $ref = $1;
+ my $save_dollar_underline = $_;
if (m,\b(any|or)\s+later(\s+version)?\b,i) {
tag "copyright-refers-to-symlink-license", $ref;
} else {
tag "copyright-refers-to-versionless-license-file", $ref;
}
+ $_ = $save_dollar_underline;
}
if (m,usr/share/common-licences,) {
Format-Specification:
http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat?action=recall&rev=196
Upstream-Maintainer: Luis E. Muñoz <[email protected]>,
Michael Robinton <[email protected]>
Upstream-Source: http://search.cpan.org/dist/NetAddr-IP/
Upstream-Name: NetAddr-IP
X-Comment: The +dfsg version is created by removing the non-free RFC from
the docs/ directory. debian/repack.sh automates this process.
Files: *
Copyright:
1999-2007, Luis E. Muñoz <[email protected]>
2006-2008, Michael Robinton <[email protected]>
License: Artistic
Files: debian/*
Copyright:
2001-2003, Elie Rosenblum <[email protected]>
2007-2009, various members of the Debian Perl Group, cf. debian/changelog
License: GPL-1+ | Artistic
License: GPL-1+
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
any later version.
On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'
License: Artistic
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the Artistic License, which comes with Perl.
On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the Artistic License
can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic'
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Source: lintian
Source-Version: 2.2.2
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lintian, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
lintian_2.2.2.dsc
to pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_2.2.2.dsc
lintian_2.2.2.tar.gz
to pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_2.2.2.tar.gz
lintian_2.2.2_all.deb
to pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_2.2.2_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:11:36 -0800
Source: lintian
Binary: lintian
Architecture: source all
Version: 2.2.2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
Description:
lintian - Debian package checker
Closes: 513795 513823 513831
Changes:
lintian (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
.
The "this is why spooky action at a distance is bad" release.
.
* checks/copyright-file:
+ [ADB] Treat the new copyright file format's "License-Alias: Perl" as
indicating that the package is licensed under the same terms as Perl.
Thanks, gregor herrmann. (Closes: #513831)
* checks/debconf:
+ [RA] Reset $/ before issuing duplicate-fields-in-templates to
prevent problems if -i was given.
* checks/debhelper:
+ [RA] Remove stray localization of $/, which broke -i when issuing
tags about ${misc:Depends}.
* checks/fields:
+ [RA] Stop pointlessly setting $/ while parsing debian/rules and then
restoring it to the wrong value, which broke -i when issuing some
tags if they were the first tags issued.
* checks/scripts:
+ [RA] Add nickle as a known interpreter. Patch from Julien Cristau.
(Closes: #513823)
.
* lib/Util.pm:
+ [ADB] Localise a use of $_ in control file parsing to avoid overwriting
it and leading to uninitialized value warnings in check scripts.
(Closes: #513795)
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