Package: lintian Version: 2.5.7 Severity: normal The test added in 2.5.7 for icons with the wrong size for their directory (#628189) relies on file-info, which then generates an error and a false positive on symbolic links. For example, with the grace package:
% lintian grace_5.1.22-13_amd64.changes [...] Use of uninitialized value $2 in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/lintian/checks/files line 924. W: grace: icon-size-and-directory-name-mismatch usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/mimetypes/application-x-grace.png 32x32x [...] % file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/mimetypes/application-x-grace.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/mimetypes/application-x-grace.png: symbolic link to `../apps/grace.png' % file `readlink -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/mimetypes/application-x-grace.png` /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/grace.png: PNG image data, 32 x 32, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced -- Nicholas Breen nbr...@debian.org -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages lintian depends on: ii binutils 2.22-6 ii bzip2 1.0.6-1 ii diffstat 1.55-2 ii file 5.11-1 ii gettext 0.18.1.1-8 ii hardening-includes 2.1 ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1 ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.26+b1 ii libc-bin 2.13-32 ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.34-1 ii libclone-perl 0.31-1+b2 ii libdpkg-perl 1.16.3 ii libemail-valid-perl 0.190-1 ii libipc-run-perl 0.91-1 ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-1 ii libtimedate-perl 1.2000-1 ii liburi-perl 1.60-1 ii locales 2.13-32 ii man-db 2.6.1-2 ii patchutils 0.3.2-1.1 ii perl [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.14.2-10 ii unzip 6.0-6 lintian recommends no packages. Versions of packages lintian suggests: ii binutils-multiarch <none> ii dpkg-dev 1.16.3 ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.69-2 ii libtext-template-perl <none> ii man-db 2.6.1-2 ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20110809-3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org