Package: iproute Version: 20070313-1 Severity: normal Tags: patch
Debian policy recommends that all binary packages contain an 'md5sums' control file. The following command shows that a package built from this source package does not contain this file. $ lintian --info --display-info --check-part md5sums ../iproute_20070313-1_powerpc.deb I: iproute: no-md5sums-control-file N: N: This package does not contain an md5sums control file. This control N: file listing the MD5 checksums of the contents of the package is not N: required, but if present debsums can use it to verify that no files N: shipped with your package have been modified. Providing it is N: recommended. N: N: If you are using debhelper to create your package, just add a call to N: dh_md5sums at the end of your binary-indep or binary-arch target, N: right before dh_builddeb. N: The attached patch changes the 'debian/rules' file to generate the 'md5sums' file for this package, and causes the above command to run cleanly (with no output). If there is a specific reason for avoiding the recommended 'md5sums' file and not applying this patch or something similar, could you please explain in this bug entry. -- \ "A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of | `\ five." -- Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
=== modified file 'debian/rules' --- old/debian/rules 2007-08-25 02:46:16 +0000 +++ new/debian/rules 2007-08-25 03:04:45 +0000 @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ dh_installdeb dh_shlibdeps dh_gencontrol + dh_md5sums dh_builddeb build-arch: stamp-build