Your message dated Thu, 04 Oct 2018 22:40:53 +0100 with message-id <1538689253.2379302.1531224176.3466b...@webmail.messagingengine.com> and subject line Re: Bug#910334: lintian: Please warn about redundant entries in Files-Excluded has caused the Debian Bug report #910334, regarding lintian: Please warn about redundant entries in Files-Excluded to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: lintian Version: 2.5.107 Severity: wishlist Hi, Whilst we have: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/source-includes-file-in-files-excluded.html … which triggers when a file specified in the Files-Excluded field in debian/copyright exists in the source tree, we could also check for seemingly-redundant entries such as: Files-Excluded: ./file-does-not-exist This would catch typos and strange things such as #910330. Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` [email protected] / chris-lamb.co.uk `-
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--- Begin Message ---Dear Mattia, > > Files-Excluded: ./file-does-not-exist > > > > This would catch typos and strange things such as #910330. > > I'm concerned as to how you would go about checking for this. You can't > quite check for non-existent files that shouldn't be existing anyway... I am, of course, an idiot. Thank you for your attention to detail and closing bug to match. Best wishes, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` [email protected] / chris-lamb.co.uk `-
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