Hi Martin,
It seems I forgot to CC you on this. In short, I believe this is not a
bug in Lintian, but rather a bug in the DEP-5 copyright file in
question. See below for the rationale (or the bug log for #681616).
~Niels
On 2013-09-05 13:39, Niels Thykier wrote:
On 2013-09-05 12:24, Dominik
On Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 01:29:19PM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote:
Hi Martin,
It seems I forgot to CC you on this. In short, I believe this is not a
bug in Lintian, but rather a bug in the DEP-5 copyright file in
question. See below for the rationale (or the bug log for #681616).
~Niels
Hi,
It is my understanding that:
Files: A
Copyright: ...
License: X or Y
License: X
$LICENSE_TEXT_FOR_X
License: Y
$LICENSE_TEXT_FOR_Y
Works as intended.
actually, it doesn't. I am not aware of a package in the distribution,
but mirabilos (Cc) and I stumbled upon this
On 2013-09-05 12:24, Dominik George wrote:
Hi,
It is my understanding that:
Files: A
Copyright: ...
License: X or Y
License: X
$LICENSE_TEXT_FOR_X
License: Y
$LICENSE_TEXT_FOR_Y
Works as intended.
actually, it doesn't.
Your sample copyright file does not follow the above
Niels Thykier dixit:
If there are no remaining lines, [...]. Otherwise, this field should
either include the full text of the license(s) or include a pointer to
the license file under /usr/share/common-licenses. [...]
Ah so this is an either-or.
license in /usr/share/common-licenses). The
On 2013-08-30 00:18, Dominik George wrote:
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.17
Followup-For: Bug #681616
The bug also exists for the construct License: Foo or Bar with two
License paragraphs Foo and Bar.
It appears that intian completely ignores the alternative names syntax
described in
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.17
Followup-For: Bug #681616
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA256
The bug also exists for the construct License: Foo or Bar with two
License paragraphs Foo and Bar.
It appears that intian completely ignores the alternative names syntax
described in DEP5.
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.8
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
A copyright file with this snippet:
###
Files: *
Copyright: Lor Em
License: custom and Foo
This is some custom license terms.
.
Mentions that Foo license also applies.
License: Foo
This is the standard Foo license.
###
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