On 2012-07-30 00:10, Faheem Mitha wrote: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.5.10 > Severity: normal >
Hi, > I noticed when trying to do some packaging, that if, in an old style > debhelper script, if I don't call either dh_installchangelogs or > dh_installdocs, in which case (for my package) /usr/share/doc is > completely absent, then lintian does not give the > "debian-changelog-file-missing" error at all. It does produce the > "no-copyright-file" error though. > > I think it should not be difficult to reproduce this, but I can give > more details if necessary. > > [...] This happens to be the intended behaviour as far as I can tell (slightly re-arrranged due to stupid MUA): """ # ignore packages which don't have a /usr/share/doc/$pkg directory, # since the copyright check will complain about this """ Where "this" is most likely the no-copyright-file (the comment / context does not say). ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
