retitle 917120 lintian: misleading line format description in lintianrc
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Salvo,
> # Also note, that this file uses a special syntax:
> # Empty lines are allowed, comments are introduced by a hash sign (#).
> # All other lines must have the format
> #VAR=text
> # or
> #VAR="text"
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# Also note, that this file uses a special syntax:
# Empty lines are allowed, comments are introduced by a hash sign (#).
# All other lines must have the format
#VAR=text
# or
#VAR="text"
# It is allowed to use `~' and `$HOME' in the variables, but not other
# shell/environment variables.
Hi Salvo,
> No error message, just that the comment at the top of the file states
> that var assignments should have no spaces, and then all the example
> assignments have spaces.
I don't see any reference to spaces being illegal in this file. Please
could you copy-paste what you are seeing? I'm
No error message, just that the comment at the top of the file states
that var assignments should have no spaces, and then all the example
assignments have spaces.
Unless I am misinterpreting the meaning of the comment, but the
example syntax there has no spaces.
Il giorno dom 23 dic 2018 alle
tags 917120 + moreinfo
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Hi Salvo,
> According to the comments at the beginning of the file, /etc/lintianrc uses
> shell syntax (it gets sourced I presume).
Hm? It's not shell, it's parsed with:
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/blob/master/commands/lintian.pm#L1240
> It would
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.117
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
According to the comments at the beginning of the file, /etc/lintianrc uses
shell syntax (it gets sourced I presume).
However all the later commented example options do not use said valid syntax.
It would be better if people
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