On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 4:37 AM, Trent W. Buck <trentb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.5.30+deb8u4 > Severity: minor > > While making a package I got this from lintian: > > E: foo: privacy-breach-w3c-valid-html usr/foo/foo.html > (http://www.w3.org/icons/valid-xhtml10.png) > > However the actual URL in the file has an uppercase I in Icons: > > http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-xhtml10.png > > This misleading error confused me and I wasted half an hour trying to > download the wrong URL (which 404s). > > Attached is a simple shell script which reproduces the problem. > > This file looks relevant, but I can't understand where the downcasing > actually happens: > > /usr/share/lintian/data/files/privacy-breaker-websites
We compare only lowercase string in order to be quicker. I think we should document it > > > If it is easy to do so, > please avoid downcasing the path part of URLs in these lintian errors.
