Re: Why lintian overrides shipped in (binary) debs?
On 2012-12-23 14:14 +0100, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 02:09:24PM +0200, Regid Ichira wrote:
>> Isn't lintian meant to be used at build time? Isn't it a sort of
>> post build depends?
You can use lintian at any time, on both source and binary packages.
>> In that case, why lintian overrides are shipped in (binary) debs?
Because lintian checks the binary debs for errors/warnings.
> Please file a bug against the package concerned.
Erm no, shipping lintian overrides is not a bug per se.
Cheers,
Sven
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