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| From | Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist |
| Subject | Bug#973759: lintian: False positive: debian-changelog-file-is-a-symlink matches on upstream changelog |
| Date | 2020-11-05 07:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <B7GWt-Up-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <B7uBY-1GM-17@gated-at.bofh.it> <B7yvU-43j-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <B7uBY-1GM-17@gated-at.bofh.it> <B7yvU-43j-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On 2020-11-04 Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 9:15 AM Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de> wrote: > > However the Debian changelog file is not a symlink, only the upstream > > one. > Unfortunately, Lintian cannot tell from an installation package > (*.deb) whether it was built from a native source package. Hello, It does not need to imho. It should simply consider /usr/share/doc/package/changelog.Debian.gz as Debian changelog if it exists and only fall back to /usr/share/doc/package/changelog.gz otherwise. cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'
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Bug#973759: lintian: False positive: debian-changelog-file-is-a-symlink matches on upstream changelog Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de> - 2020-11-04 18:20 +0100
Bug#973759: lintian: False positive: debian-changelog-file-is-a-symlink matches on upstream changelog Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2020-11-04 22:30 +0100
Bug#973759: lintian: False positive: debian-changelog-file-is-a-symlink matches on upstream changelog Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de> - 2020-11-05 07:30 +0100
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