On 2011-07-07 09:10, Paul Wise wrote: > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Geoffrey Thomas wrote: > >> [...] >
Hi, >> In terms of making Lintian useful for derivatives, I think the biggest >> feature we'd like is having a way to suppress Lintian checks during the >> build process for an entire origin of packages (defined somehow...). > > Probably this will be useful to you: > > http://wiki.debian.org/Lintian/Spec/VendorCustomization > > The work on this is in progress, so I would suggest you check it out > as soon as possible. > > If you have any suggestions on how it works, now is the time to make them. > The implementation has been merged into the master branch already, but we have not released yet so we can still take suggestions without breaking any "official stable" API. :) Anyhow, basically Lintian will do the right thing if the debathena has / provides two things: A dpkg origin file and a Lintian vendor profile. In the absence of a dpkg-origin file, you can use LINTIAN_PROFILE in the config file (which works as long as the user does not have their own and forget to copy that part). The wiki page /should/ be up to date, but if there are disagreements between the Lintian User manual (doc/lintian.xml in the source) and the wiki page, let me know so I can fix it. ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-lint-maint-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e1561af.10...@thykier.net