Package: lintian Version: 2.114.0 Severity: normal Tags: patch When lintian-annotate-hints reads input from a file, or has lintian ouput piped to it (as is suggested in the manual), the terminal width is unset, which produces warnings to stderr and wrapping at 19 colums:
% lintian *.dsc *.changes | lintian-annotate-hints N: W: luit-dbgsym: elf-error In program headers: Unable to find program interpreter name [usr/lib/debug/.build-id/70/10dc50cc05821fbf5aa86813b0dc6b341982d8.debug] Use of uninitialized value $columns in subtraction (-) at /usr/share/lintian/bin/../lib/Lintian/Output/EWI.pm line 398, <STDIN> line 1. Use of uninitialized value $columns in subtraction (-) at /usr/share/lintian/bin/../lib/Lintian/Output/EWI.pm line 413, <STDIN> line 1. Increasing $Text::Wrap::columns from to 19 to accommodate length of subsequent tab at /usr/share/lintian/bin/../lib/Lintian/Output/EWI.pm line 423. N: N: The N: file N: appears N: to N: be N: in N: ELF N: format N: but Attached is a patch which provides sensible defaults for the case that stdin is not a tty. --bod
--- lintian-annotate-hints.orig 2021-11-28 04:20:56.000000000 +1100 +++ lintian-annotate-hints 2022-01-31 21:36:19.026248518 +1100 @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const my $NEW_PROGRAM_NAME => q{lintian-annotate-hints}; -my $TERMINAL_WIDTH; +my $TERMINAL_WIDTH = $ENV{COLUMNS} || 80; ($TERMINAL_WIDTH, undef, undef, undef) = GetTerminalSize() if is_interactive;