Package: lintian Version: 1.23.24 Severity: minor There are cases where Ruby scripts generate some license text, and the file name contains "license". I encountered this particular case when I package qwikWeb (written in Ruby).
Here is a patch. --- lintian-1.23.24/checks/files~ 2006-09-04 06:56:29.000000000 +0900 +++ lintian-1.23.24/checks/files 2006-09-13 18:23:44.000000000 +0900 @@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ # because a package had a HTML form for licenses called like that. # Another exception is made for various picture formats since # those are likely to just be simply pictures. - and not $file =~ m/\.(el|c|h|py|cc|pl|pm|html|php|xpm|png|jpe?g|gif|svg)$/ + and not $file =~ m/\.(el|c|h|py|cc|pl|pm|rb|html|php|xpm|png|jpe?g|gif|svg)$/ and not defined $link) { tag "extra-license-file", "$file"; } -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]