Bug#1126459: lintian: check documentation/manual fails on coreutils-from-uutils_0.0.0_all.deb: Warning in processable coreutils-from-uutils_0.0.0_all.deb: Unmatched [ in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^[ <-- HERE (?:\b|_)/ at /usr/share/lintian/lib/Lintian/Check/Documentation/Manual.pm line 641.

[Andrius Merkys]

Control: tags -1 + patch

On 2026-01-26 18:03, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:

     for my $command (@related_commands) {
         @surplus_manpages = grep { !/^$command(?:\b|_)/ } @surplus_manpages;
     }

Fix here is quite simple, replace

grep { !/^$command(?:\b|_)/ } @surplus_manpages;

with

grep { !/^\Q$command\E(?:\b|_)/ } @surplus_manpages;

Andrius