The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 23039b9fd282951be16c78f4021212dfc375bdcd
Author: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Date: Sat Mar 20 16:11:00 2010 -0700
Check for a new upstream release without new upstream version
* checks/changelog-file{,.desc}:
+ [RA] New check for a changelog entry indicating a new upstream
release but no change in the upstream portion of the package
version. Idea from Emilio Pozuelo Monfort. (Closes: #569129)
diff --git a/checks/changelog-file b/checks/changelog-file
index e2763ce..e3b7508 100644
--- a/checks/changelog-file
+++ b/checks/changelog-file
@@ -312,6 +312,15 @@ if (@entries) {
if $native_pkg and $second_version =~ m/-/;
}
+ my $first_upstream = $first_version;
+ $first_upstream =~ s/-[^-]+$//;
+ my $second_upstream = $second_version;
+ $second_upstream =~ s/-[^-]+$//;
+ if ($first_upstream eq $second_upstream
+ and $entries[0]->Changes =~
/^\s*\*\s+new\s+upstream\s+(\S+\s+)?release\b/im) {
+ tag 'possible-new-upstream-release-without-new-version';
+ }
+
my $first_dist = lc $entries[0]->Distribution;
my $second_dist = lc $entries[1]->Distribution;
if ($first_dist eq 'unstable' and $second_dist eq 'experimental') {
diff --git a/checks/changelog-file.desc b/checks/changelog-file.desc
index 166bfa9..f13cf62 100644
--- a/checks/changelog-file.desc
+++ b/checks/changelog-file.desc
@@ -201,6 +201,16 @@ Info: The latest package has a Debian native version
number, while the
the maintainer by forgetting to append -1 when uploading a new upstream
version.
+Tag: possible-new-upstream-release-without-new-version
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: possible
+Info: The most recent changelog entry contains an entry that appears to
+ say this is a new upstream release (a comment similar to "new upstream
+ release," possibly with a word between "upstream" and "release"), but the
+ upstream portion of the package version number didn't change. This may
+ indicate that the package version was not updated properly in
+ <tt>debian/changelog</tt>.
+
Tag: experimental-to-unstable-without-comment
Severity: pedantic
Certainty: possible
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2e3de75..1de7ea5 100755
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ lintian (2.3.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+ [RA] Exclude packages from the klibc source package from the
embedded zlib check since klibc legitimately includes its own copy.
Thanks, maximilian attems. (Closes: #573914)
+ * checks/changelog-file{,.desc}:
+ + [RA] New check for a changelog entry indicating a new upstream
+ release but no change in the upstream portion of the package
+ version. Idea from Emilio Pozuelo Monfort. (Closes: #569129)
* checks/control-file:
+ [RG] Update package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc exception to also
exclude eglibc. Based on a patch from Cyril Brulebois.
diff --git a/t/tests/changelog-file-new-upstream/debian/debian/changelog.in
b/t/tests/changelog-file-new-upstream/debian/debian/changelog.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54faf9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/tests/changelog-file-new-upstream/debian/debian/changelog.in
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{$srcpkg} ({$version}) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream bugfix release.
+ * Lintian Test Suite.
+ * Test: {$testname}
+
+ -- {$author} {$date}
+
+{$srcpkg} (1.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Old changelog entry to trigger the tag.
+
+ -- {$author} Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:09:18 -0700
+
diff --git a/t/tests/changelog-file-new-upstream/desc
b/t/tests/changelog-file-new-upstream/desc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e1a1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/tests/changelog-file-new-upstream/desc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Testname: changelog-file-new-upstream
+Sequence: 6000
+Type: non-native
+Version: 1.0-2
+Description: Check a new upstream version without a version change
+Test-For: possible-new-upstream-release-without-new-version
diff --git a/t/tests/changelog-file-new-upstream/tags
b/t/tests/changelog-file-new-upstream/tags
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1883933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/tests/changelog-file-new-upstream/tags
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+W: changelog-file-new-upstream:
possible-new-upstream-release-without-new-version
diff --git a/t/templates/skel.upstream/.dummy
b/t/tests/changelog-file-new-upstream/upstream/.dummy
similarity index 100%
copy from t/templates/skel.upstream/.dummy
copy to t/tests/changelog-file-new-upstream/upstream/.dummy
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