Package: lintian
Version: 2.3.4
Severity: normal

Hello,

I got hit by native-package-with-dash-version, but the reason was a bit
different...

> W: libhugetlbfs source: native-package-with-dash-version
> N: 
> N:    Native packaging should only be used if a piece of software was written
> N:    specifically to be turned into a Debian package. In this case, the
> N:    version number should not contain a Debian revision part.
> N:    
> N:    Native source packages are sometimes created by accident. In most cases
> N:    the reason is the location of the original source tarball. dpkg-source
> N:    searches for this in ../package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.

My problem was that "./debian/source/format" contained "3.0 (native)"
(I guess I messed up with dh_make, but I suspect I wont be the only
one).

I suggest to add something like:

> N:    Another reason might be that ./debian/source/format declares
> N:    "3.0 (native)".

Regards,

Franklin



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