Package: linda
Version: 0.3.16
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Many /usr/share/doc/<package>/README files contain installation
instructions that are not appropriate for Debian, i.e.
./configure && make && make install. The attached test warns
about "./configure" in the README{,.gz} file.
import gzip
import re
from linda import libchecks, checks
class ReadmeCheck(libchecks.LindaChecker):
'Checks the upstream README file'
def check_binary_2(self):
self.parse_readme()
def parse_readme(self):
k = None
readme = os.path.join(self.information['dir'],
'unpacked/usr/share/doc', self.pkg_name, 'README')
readmegz = os.path.join(self.information['dir'],
'unpacked/usr/share/doc', self.pkg_name, 'README.gz')
if os.path.exists(readme):
f = open(readme)
elif os.path.exists(readmegz):
f = gzip.open(readmegz)
k = f.read()
f.close()
if k:
configure = re.compile(r'\./configure')
if not self.pkg_name.endswith('-dev') \
and re.search(configure, k):
self.signal_error('readme-contains-make-instructions')
del k
checks.register(ReadmeCheck)
Tag: readme-contains-make-instructions
Type: Warning
