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Re: Bug#255154: lintian: should not warn packages-installs-file-to-usr-x11r6 if package uses Imake



Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes:
> IMO, this warning should not be issued for any package that uses Imake,
> as Policy says that it's okay for packages to install here *if* they use
> Imake.
>
> To test this, I suggest looking for a file called "Imakefile" in the top
> level of the source directory, and/or checking to see if "imake" or
> "xmkmf" appear in debian/rules.
>
> Not perfect, but probably close enough.

Not possible. This check is for *binary* packages, and there's no way we
can look into the source packages. Is there some file in the binaries of
Imake based packages we can check for?

Marc
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