Package: lintian Version: 2.3.4 Severity: wishlist Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> writes:
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 05:40:53PM +0900, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >> >>Steve Langasek <steve.langa...@ubuntu.com> writes: >> >>>> Ubuntu includes several Perl module packages that do not adhere >>>> Debian's naming policy[1]. Once Debian includes these modules in >>>> a differently named package, there are problems if one tries to >>>> install both packages at the same time. See [2] or [3] for >>>> examples. >>> >>> Do you have a proposal for how to identify these packages? Ubuntu >>> packages are also expected to comply with this part of Debian >>> policy, so this doesn't change anything unless we can automatically >>> identify the ones that don't. >> >> I did search for package containing files in >> /usr/(lib|share)/perl5. Most problematic packages were already >> renamed, I only filed a bug report for gtk2-ex-formfactory-perl [1] >> (already fixed). I also identified a package that was renamed in >> Debian, but where the old package has not been removed from Ubuntu >> yet [2]. > > Perhaps file a bug against lintian to watch this kind of pattern? That is a good idea. Could lintian warn if packages include files in /usr/(lib|share)/perl5 and the package name does not adhere to the Debian Perl Policy [1]? To further avoid false positives it should be enough to warn only for packages named "*-perl" (but not "lib*-perl") or "perl-*". See the initial mail [2] on debian-p...@l.d.o and the discussion for a suggested mass-bug filing [3] on debian-de...@l.d.o for details why this might be a problem. Regards, Ansgar [1] <http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/ch-module_packages.html#s-package_names> [2] <http://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2010/02/msg00055.html> [3] <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/03/msg00701.html> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org