[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.2.10-12-g3b9f019
The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 3b9f01981c25abed5bdb5a080e58957b18c12e69
Author: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
Date: Sun May 3 17:18:06 2009 +0100
Add --area and document the deprecation of --section
* man/lintian.1:
+ [ADB] Document the new --area command line option and update the
documentation of --section to indiciate that it is deprecated in
favour of the new option.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4ae6cfd..c28a594 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ lintian (2.2.11) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
variables. In each case, the original name is permitted as a
synonym.
+ * man/lintian.1:
+ + [ADB] Document the new --area command line option and update the
+ documentation of --section to indiciate that it is deprecated in
+ favour of the new option.
+
* reporting/config:
+ [ADB] Use $LINTIAN_AREA rather than $LINTIAN_SECTION in the default
configuration file.
diff --git a/man/lintian.1 b/man/lintian.1
index 839ec1f..0d9b4be 100644
--- a/man/lintian.1
+++ b/man/lintian.1
@@ -287,15 +287,21 @@ environment variable and the configuration file entry of the same
name.
.TP
-.BR \-\-section " release"
+.BR \-\-area " area"
When scanning for packages in the distdir, select only packages from
-section
-.IR section
+archive area
+.IR area
(e.g. main). This option overrides the
-.B LINTIAN_SECTION
+.B LINTIAN_AREA
environment variable and the configuration file entry of the same name.
.TP
+.BR \-\-section " area"
+This is an old name for the
+.B \-\-area
+option and accepted as a synonym for that option.
+
+.TP
.BR \-\-arch " arch"
When scanning for packages in the distdir, select only packages for
architecture
--
Debian package checker
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