Package: lintian Version: 2.5.40.2 Severity: normal Getting an error was expected (this package enforces standard configurations such as APT sources and preferences onto all my hosts):
E: funkyware-common: package-installs-apt-preferences etc/apt/preferences.d/ E: funkyware-common: package-installs-apt-preferences etc/apt/preferences.d/funkyware.pref E: funkyware-common: package-installs-apt-sources etc/apt/sources.list.d/ E: funkyware-common: package-installs-apt-sources etc/apt/sources.list.d/funkyware.list ... but reporting both the directory and the file itself seems excessive. What I would instead suggest that Lintian prints in such cases: E: funkyware-common: package-installs-apt-preferences etc/apt/preferences.d/funkyware.pref E: funkyware-common: package-installs-apt-sources etc/apt/sources.list.d/funkyware.list Basically, reporting the mere presence of the directory in the package seems excessive. As long as the package doesn't ship any file in its etc/apt/preferences.d/ or etc/apt/sources.list.d/, Lintian should ignore it. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (800, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: unable to detect Versions of packages lintian depends on: ii binutils 2.26-3 ii bzip2 1.0.6-8 ii diffstat 1.61-1 ii file 1:5.25-2 ii gettext 0.19.7-2 ii hardening-includes 2.8+nmu2 ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.4 ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.29+b5 ii libarchive-zip-perl 1.56-2 ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.34-1 ii libclone-perl 0.38-1+b1 ii libdpkg-perl 1.18.4 ii libemail-valid-perl 1.198-1 ii libfile-basedir-perl 0.07-1 ii libipc-run-perl 0.94-1 ii liblist-moreutils-perl 0.413-1+b1 ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-8 ii libperl5.22 [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.22.1-7 ii libtext-levenshtein-perl 0.13-1 ii libtimedate-perl 2.3000-2 ii liburi-perl 1.71-1 ii man-db 2.7.5-1 ii patchutils 0.3.4-1 ii perl 5.22.1-7 ii t1utils 1.39-2 ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2.1 Versions of packages lintian recommends: ii dpkg 1.18.4 ii libperlio-gzip-perl 0.19-1+b1 ii perl 5.22.1-7 ii perl-modules-5.22 [libautodie-perl] 5.22.1-7 Versions of packages lintian suggests: pn binutils-multiarch <none> ii dpkg-dev 1.18.4 ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.72-1 pn libtext-template-perl <none> pn libyaml-perl <none> -- no debconf information