Re: bad descriptions (long)
On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 12:23:12PM +0200, Michael Bramer wrote:
> 5.h lines containing a space, a full stop and some more characters,
> are for future expansion. Do not use them. [3]
[...]
> I have some questions:
> - can we write bugreports about this?
> - can someone write a lintian warning for 5.h ?
No need - it complains about it already.
[colinw@kypris ~]$ dpkg -f dvidvi_1.0-4_i386.deb Description
Manipulate .dvi files.
Allows you to select, change the order, and/or shift the pages in a
.dvi file.
.
The main use is to print an a5 booklet on A4 paper, in such a way
that you can put a staple through the bundle. A shell script that
does just that is provided.
[colinw@kypris ~]$ lintian --info dvidvi_1.0-4_i386.deb
E: dvidvi: description-contains-invalid-control-statement
N:
N: The description contains a line starting with a dot (.). This is not
N: allowed.
N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 3.1 for details.
N:
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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