Now that I have the correct version of lintian, things look better. I have upload a new version of the ndpmon package. I changed the version back to 1.4.0-1 because I was told I shouldn't change the version number if this was the initial release of the package. Thanks for all of the help.
> On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Kilian Krause <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 05:26:26PM -0400, John R. Baskwill wrote: >> > 2011/8/4 Benoît Knecht <[email protected]> >> [...] >> > > > > - 'lintian -I --pedantic ndpmon_1.4.0-2_*.changes' had this to >> say: >> > > > > >> > > > > W: ndpmon source: configure-generated-file-in-source >> config.status >> > > > > W: ndpmon source: configure-generated-file-in-source >> config.cache >> > > > > W: ndpmon source: configure-generated-file-in-source >> config.log >> > > >> > >> > These files are included in the original tarball. I modified the clean >> > target to remove these files, and also included lintian overrides for >> the >> > files. I will suggest to upstream to not include these files in the >> future. >> > I do have one question about the tarball, though. The file I >> downloaded >> > was named ndpmon-1.4.0.tgz. Everything I read about packaging seemed to >> > assume the tarball would be named ndpmon-1.4.0.tar.gz, so I renamed the >> > file. Is that permissible, or should I have left the name as it was? >> >> Renaming is fine. uscan will do that for you even if you ask it to >> --rename. >> >> As you have a configure-based upstream source I hope you've put >> autotools-dev in charge of keeping your config.* files up to date. ;-) >> >> >> > > > > W: ndpmon source: out-of-date-standards-version 3.9.1 >> (current is >> > > > > 3.9.2) >> > > >> > >> > My lintian says the current standard is 3.9.1, but OK. >> >> Then use the latest unstable or backports version. ;-) >> >> >> [...] >> > > > > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary usr/sbin/ndpmon Recieved >> > > Received >> > > > > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary usr/sbin/ndpmon adress >> address >> > > > > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary usr/sbin/ndpmon unkown >> unknown >> > > > > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary usr/sbin/ndpmon unkown >> unknown >> > > > > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary usr/src/ndpmon/ndpmon.o >> > > Recieved >> > > > > Received >> > > > > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary usr/src/ndpmon/ndpmon.o >> adress >> > > > > address >> > > > > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary >> usr/src/ndpmon/neighbors.o >> > > unkown >> > > > > unknown >> > > > > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-binary >> usr/src/ndpmon/neighbors.o >> > > unkown >> > > > > unknown >> > > > > E: ndpmon: helper-templates-in-copyright >> > > > > I: ndpmon: spelling-error-in-manpage >> > > usr/share/man/man8/ndpmon.8.gz >> > > > > allows to allows one to >> > > > > >> > > >> > >> > I included patches to correct the spelling errors. The patches have not >> > been sent upstream yet, but I will do that. The copyright file is in >> DEP5 >> > format. >> >> Patches should have their headers in DEP-3 format. DEP-5 is for >> debian/changelog only. >> >> [...] >> >> Thanks for keeping us posted! >> >> Please also tell us when the next version is up on mentors.d.n for review. >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Kilian >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iD8DBQFOPbT0vdkzt4X+wX8RAszaAJ9nSKT/ZO80rgmuNXfk2p5Gc4g6FgCfXdGF >> X/yfR9rGOZU4YH4CIETfweE= >> =TRbN >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> > > > -- > John R. Baskwill, [email protected] > Systems Analyst, Information Technology Services > Penn State Harrisburg > W303 Olmsted Building > 777 West Harrisburg Pike > Middletown, PA 17057-4898 > Phone: 717-948-6268 > Fax: 717-948-6535 > -- John R. Baskwill, [email protected] Systems Analyst, Information Technology Services Penn State Harrisburg W303 Olmsted Building 777 West Harrisburg Pike Middletown, PA 17057-4898 Phone: 717-948-6268 Fax: 717-948-6535
