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commit 46a7cf0cac4108d7217387f75f39ebca04839460 Author: Niels Thykier <[email protected]> Date: Thu Jul 2 08:41:51 2015 +0200 Clarify a requirement of the deb822 ctrl statement " ." Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <[email protected]> --- checks/description.desc | 11 +++++++++-- debian/changelog | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/checks/description.desc b/checks/description.desc index 97e6c39..18913b2 100644 --- a/checks/description.desc +++ b/checks/description.desc @@ -59,8 +59,15 @@ Info: The extended description (the lines after the first line of the Tag: description-contains-invalid-control-statement Severity: serious Certainty: certain -Info: The description contains a line starting with a dot (.). This is - not allowed. +Info: The description contains an invalid control statement. + . + A control statement is a line starting with a dot (.). The only + control statement is defined by the policy is a single dot denoting + an empty line. + . + The "empty-line" control statement does not permit any characters + following it on the same line. Therefore, the entirely line must + consist entirely of a space followed by a dot. Ref: policy 5.6.13 Tag: description-too-long diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index dd20f58..18d7aae 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ lintian (2.5.33) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium XXX: generate tag summary + * checks/description.desc: + + [NT] Clarify that the empty-line control statement " ." + permits no other characters on the same line. Thanks + to Riley Baird for the report. (Closes: #789577) * checks/infofiles.pm: + [NT] Fix use of undefined variable in some cases. * checks/systemd.{desc,pm}: -- Alioth's /usr/local/bin/git-commit-notice on /srv/git.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
