Bug#865531: lintian: description of testsuite-autopkgtest-missing is unhelpful/incorrect
Chris Lamb:
> Hi,
>
>> lintian: description of testsuite-autopkgtest-missing is
>> unhelpful/incorrect
>
> I had a look at this earlier but in the code I can't seem to
> differentiate between:
>
> $info->field('testsuite')
>
> … returning the value from the *dsc* and the value set in the
> debian/control file. :)
>
> I think I need this to work out whether we have a pointless value
> set in debian/control and the one automatically added by dpkg (since
> 1.17.11, if anyone is curious).
>
>
> Regards,
>
Hi,
Here goes. :)
On a L::Collect::Source:
* $info->field => .dsc
* $info->source_field => d/control
There is usually an overlap as dpkg-source copies most fields from
d/control into the .dsc.
Related, there is also $source_info->binary_field vs.
$binary_info->field (i.e. L::Collect::Binary). More or less same case,
except here you can also see unexpected substvars in the binary_field case.
Thanks,
~Niels
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