Bug#563773: lintian: false positive if a patch in debian/patches is a symlink

2011-05-24 Thread Niels Thykier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi I have devised a patch for this; currently Lintian ignores all patches outside debian/, with this it will accept one-level of indirection. That is symlink -> patch (but not symlink -> symlink -> patch). The patch can be extended to do that, bu

Processed: Re: Bug#563773: lintian: false positive if a patch in debian/patches is a symlink

2011-02-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > tag 563773 - moreinfo Bug #563773 [lintian] [checks/patch-systems] false positive if a patch in debian/patches is a symlink Removed tag(s) moreinfo. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 563773: http://

Bug#563773: lintian: false positive if a patch in debian/patches is a symlink

2011-02-19 Thread Raphael Geissert
tag 563773 - moreinfo thanks Raphael Geissert wrote: > I'm for now tagging it with 'moreinfo' because it needs to be discussed > with the dpkg folks (whether symlinks outside the debian tarball are > supported). I had forgotten about this report, sorry. I talked to Raphaƫl Hertzog and from the d

Processed: Re: Bug#563773: lintian: false positive if a patch in debian/patches is a symlink

2010-01-28 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > tag 563773 moreinfo Bug #563773 [lintian] lintian: false positive if a patch in debian/patches is a symlink Added tag(s) moreinfo. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administr

Bug#563773: lintian: false positive if a patch in debian/patches is a symlink

2010-01-28 Thread Raphael Geissert
tag 563773 moreinfo thanks Hi, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > I am working on a package in the new source format "3.0 (quilt)" and I am > making use of its multiple-tarball feature, i.e. I have a > foo_1.0.orig.tar.gz and a foo_1.0.orig-bar.tar.gz. The second tarball > "foo_1.0.orig-bar.tar.gz" contai

Bug#563773: lintian: false positive if a patch in debian/patches is a symlink

2010-01-05 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Package: lintian Version: 2.3.1 Severity: normal Hi, I am working on a package in the new source format "3.0 (quilt)" and I am making use of its multiple-tarball feature, i.e. I have a foo_1.0.orig.tar.gz and a foo_1.0.orig-bar.tar.gz. The second tarball "foo_1.0.orig-bar.tar.gz" contains a pa