Re: Bug#964111: dpkg-source: False positive 'points outside source root'

2020-07-03 Thread Guillem Jover
On Fri, 2020-07-03 at 05:27:46 -0700, Felix Lechner wrote: > Why did you lower the severity instead of releasing a fix? As explained, because the severity seemed off. Also because there are still other regressions being dealt with… > If version 1.20.3 progresses to testing, Lintian loses its last

Re: What is an invalid package?

2020-07-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Felix Lechner writes: > Thank you for using such decisive language. My message was exactly about > that. Please allow me to restate the original question: Is the absence > of fields in d/test/control such an "obvious packaging bug"? Yes, I think the presence of an invalid control file in the pac

New HTML output mode for Gitlab CI

2020-07-03 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, Here is quick heads up that Lintian has a new output mode for standalone HTML pages. The mode will be used with Gitlab Pages to offer graphical Lintian results in the majority of Gitlab CI instances. The functionality may reduce user reliance on lintian.d.o. In Lintian, the new mode is invo

Processed: Re: Bug#963939: lintian: breakout-link wrongly reported against jar files

2020-07-03 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tags -1 - pending Bug #963939 [lintian] lintian: breakout-link wrongly reported against jar files Removed tag(s) pending. -- 963939: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=963939 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems

Bug#963939: lintian: breakout-link wrongly reported against jar files

2020-07-03 Thread Felix Lechner
Control: tags -1 - pending Hi Chris, On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 1:02 PM Chris Lamb wrote: > > Please go ahead. https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/commit/8016b7d681f5b1e5a1864ac7d88da4c29fc73af7 I'll try to remember to reopen if you release before this is resolved. Kind regards Felix L

Bug#963939: lintian: breakout-link wrongly reported against jar files

2020-07-03 Thread Chris Lamb
Felix Lechner wrote: > > I don't think this warning applies to architecture independent jar files. > > After speaking with others about these links, I am not sure our > existing fix is appropriate. I think it should be reverted until we > hear from Emmanuel. Please go ahead. Regards, --

Bug#963939: lintian: breakout-link wrongly reported against jar files

2020-07-03 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi Chris, > I don't think this warning applies to architecture independent jar files. After speaking with others about these links, I am not sure our existing fix is appropriate. I think it should be reverted until we hear from Emmanuel. Kind regards Felix Lechner

Re: Bug#964111: dpkg-source: False positive 'points outside source root'

2020-07-03 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 10:11 PM Guillem Jover wrote: > > The affected pathnames contain symlink loops, which I'd consider to be > erroneous constructs, and I don't see why we'd want to allow these. In > this case this seem just like an incorrect error message. I've updated > this locally now

What is an invalid package? (Was: Checking vs. building packages)

2020-07-03 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi Russ,, On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 8:25 PM Russ Allbery wrote: > > dpkg has been picking up basic sanity checks for obvious packaging bugs Thank you for using such decisive language. My message was exactly about that. Please allow me to restate the original question: Is the absence of fields in d/