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commit 21a7e4bc54cdffabf34e7811d58b91cfe718ac50
Author: Chris Lamb <la...@debian.org>
Date: Mon Jan 22 22:10:37 2018 +1100
Clarify that paragraph ordering matters in the description of the
unused-file-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright tag. (Closes: #762261)
---
checks/source-copyright.desc | 8 ++++++--
debian/changelog | 3 +++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/checks/source-copyright.desc b/checks/source-copyright.desc
index 65acc21..9240999 100644
--- a/checks/source-copyright.desc
+++ b/checks/source-copyright.desc
@@ -320,8 +320,12 @@ Tag: unused-file-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright
Severity: minor
Certainty: possible
Ref: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
-Info: The <tt>Files</tt> paragraph in debian/copyright is superfluous as it is
- never used to match any files. You should be able to safely remove it.
+Info: The <tt>Files</tt> paragraph in debian/copyright appears to be
+ superfluous as it is does not match any files.
+ .
+ You should be able to safely remove it.
+ .
+ This can also be caused by incorrect relative ordering of paragraphs.
Tag: source-includes-file-in-files-excluded
Severity: serious
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8b455a3..a5dcceb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ lintian (2.5.72) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
patch-file-present-but-not-mentioned-in-series tag.
+ [CL] Check "$vendor.series" (not "series.$vendor") when checking for
the patch-file-present-but-not-mentioned-in-series tag.
+ * checks/source-copyright.desc:
+ + [CL] Clarify that paragraph ordering matters in the description of
+ the unused-file-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright tag. (Closes: #762261)
-- Chris Lamb <la...@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2018 16:42:25 +1100
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