tags 890361 + patch
thanks
Hey Thorsten!
> I’m fairly sure the code around lines 56-62 of
> /usr/share/lintian/collection/override-file
> does NOT prefer the first (cf. line 44ff.)
> but the last override file found.
I think you're right. Here's one patch - can you quickly test it works
for you?
diff --git a/collection/override-file b/collection/override-file
index 04c43fc6d..70ad1fb35 100755
--- a/collection/override-file
+++ b/collection/override-file
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ sub collect {
} elsif (-f "$override.gz") {
$file = "$override.gz";
}
+ last if $file;
}
… but, just for giggles, here's another silly one:
diff --git a/collection/override-file b/collection/override-file
index 04c43fc6d..b6bad50a5 100755
--- a/collection/override-file
+++ b/collection/override-file
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ sub collect {
unlink("$dir/override");
}
- # Pick the first of these files that exists. Prefer
+ # Pick the last of these files that exists. Prefer
# source/lintian-overrides to source.lintian-overrides for source
# packages.
my (@overrides, $file);
if ($type eq 'source') {
@overrides = (
- "$dir/unpacked/debian/source/lintian-overrides",
"$dir/unpacked/debian/source.lintian-overrides"
+ "$dir/unpacked/debian/source/lintian-overrides",
);
} else {
@overrides = ("$dir/unpacked/usr/share/lintian/overrides/$pkg");
> I’m a tad annoyed at such incompatible changes,
> but also (not scope of this bugreport) having to
> jump to the latest debhelper version when 5 is
> enough for me.
Compat level 5 (!). (What's wrong with the debhelper versions in
backports, out of interest?)
Regards,
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