Package: lintian Version: 1.23.22 Severity: minor Tags: patch Hi, In case of an empty description, lintian first return the no-template-description tag, and then go on with the template checks, while the description does not exist. For example: $ lintian dbconfig-common_1.8.17_all.deb E: dbconfig-common: no-template-description dbconfig-common/internal/reconfiguring Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/debconf line 235. Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/debconf line 240. Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/lintian/checks/debconf line 251. The attached patch should fix this problem. -- Thomas Huriaux
--- debconf 2006-07-10 15:28:42.000000000 +0200
+++ debconf.new 2006-07-10 15:33:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
# Check the description against the best practices in the Developer's
# Reference, but skip all templates where the short description contains
# the string "for internal use".
+ if (exists $template->{description}) {
$template->{description} =~ m/^([^\n]*)\n(.*)$/s;
my ($short, $extended) = ($1, $2);
unless (defined $short) {
@@ -293,6 +294,7 @@
}
}
}
+ }
}
# Check the maintainer scripts.
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