[2008-09-28 22:16] Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This one time, at band camp, George Danchev said: > > On Sunday 28 September 2008 22:08:28 markus schnalke wrote: > > > > > lintian reports this warning: > > > using-question-in-extended-description-in-templates > > > (see [1]) > > > > > > But there is no question where lintian sees one. Instead it's a > > > literally question mark. The text is: > > > "You can use wildcard expressions like '*' or '?'." > > > > > > How can I solve the situation? > > > Is there a way to escape the questions mark? > > > Do I have to override the warning? > > > > Well, lintian did his job right to warn you about a possible problem, but > > it > > can't sense the context (at least as of yet;-), thus you can safely > > override > > his decision.
I did so. (For the moment.)
> Or you could file a wishlist bug with a patch something like:
> --- a/checks/debconf
> +++ b/checks/debconf
> @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ foreach my $template (@templates) {
> tag "malformed-question-in-templates", $template->{template};
> }
> }
> - if (defined ($extended) && $extended =~ /\?/) {
> + if (defined ($extended) && $extended =~ /\?(\s+|$)/) {
> tag "using-question-in-extended-description-in-templates",
> $template->{template};
> }
> if ($type eq 'note') {
>
> To help eliminate false positives in tests.
Good suggestion ... and the patch (which seems to be good) already
included ;-)
I'll file the bug tomorrow (if nobody else did it till then)
... now I've really to go to bed---it's much too late ;-)
meillo
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