Bug#895758: lintian -- when is a patch a patch (HG)
Hi Chris, On Sun, 15 Apr 2018, Chris Lamb wrote: I could have sworn that already not all files in the patch/ directory trigger such a message. But as I understand you right now, this is not the case yet. So I am fine with it ... Sorry, I don't understand what you mean here. :) Can you rephrase? if I understand you right, this lintian warning will be triggered by any file that is in patches/ but has no corresponding entry in series. This is fine and I also don't need an exception for "my" *.patch_back. I filed this wishlist bug because I wrongly thought that there is some kind of whitelist for such not needed files. Does that make more sense? Thorsten
Bug#895758: lintian -- when is a patch a patch (HG)
Hi Thorsten, > I could have sworn that already not all files in the patch/ directory > trigger such a message. But as I understand you right now, this is not the > case yet. So I am fine with it ... Sorry, I don't understand what you mean here. :) Can you rephrase? Best wishes, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-
Bug#895758: lintian -- when is a patch a patch (HG)
Hi Chris, On Sun, 15 Apr 2018, Chris Lamb wrote: This might be a language thing but I would not know what "patch back" would mean out of context. Indeed, even when I am pretty sure what you are trying to achieve (temporarily ignore a patch?) yes, thats what I wanted. I could have sworn that already not all files in the patch/ directory trigger such a message. But as I understand you right now, this is not the case yet. So I am fine with it ... Thorsten
Processed: Re: Bug#895758: lintian -- when is a patch a patch (HG)
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > retitle 895758 Ignore files ending in ".patch_back" in > patch-file-present-but-not-mentioned-in-series Bug #895758 [lintian] lintian -- when is a patch a patch (HG) Changed Bug title to 'Ignore files ending in ".patch_back" in patch-file-present-but-not-mentioned-in-series' from 'lintian -- when is a patch a patch (HG)'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 895758: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=895758 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems
Bug#895758: lintian -- when is a patch a patch (HG)
retitle 895758 Ignore files ending in ".patch_back" in patch-file-present-but-not-mentioned-in-series thanks Hi Thorsten, > W: libosmo-sccp source: patch-file-present-but-not-mentioned-in-series > 02_set_version_explicitly.patch_back This might be a language thing but I would not know what "patch back" would mean out of context. Indeed, even when I am pretty sure what you are trying to achieve (temporarily ignore a patch?) it doesn't seem to parse for me. Sorry. I'm not totally against have some kind of "ignore" pattern (although, of course, IMHO this is somewhat unnecessary if you are using a revision control system..) but I would be against "patch back" being included on it. Best wishes, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-
Bug#895758: lintian -- when is a patch a patch (HG)
Package: lintian Version: 2.5.80 Severity: wishlist My outreachy mentee renamed an old patch to: 02_set_version_explicitly.patch_back lintian complained about that with: W: libosmo-sccp source: patch-file-present-but-not-mentioned-in-series 02_set_version_explicitly.patch_back I would like to suggest that such a name will be ignored as valid filename for a patch (maybe a list of "valid" names can appear on lintian.d.o). Thorsten
