Bug#420465: lintian: no-md5sums-control-file triggered on binary package with no files

To: Andreas Beckmann <debian@abeckmann.de>
Cc: 420465@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#420465: lintian: no-md5sums-control-file triggered on binary package with no files
From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:01:07 -0700
Message-id: <[🔎] 877is4rp3g.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu>
Reply-to: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>, 420465@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20070422134615.19291.90250.reportbug@lembas.localnet> (Andreas Beckmann's message of "Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:46:15 +0200")
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Andreas Beckmann <debian@abeckmann.de> writes:

> Package: lintian
> Version: 1.23.29
> Severity: normal

> Hi,

> lintian triggers no-md5sums-control-file on dependency only packages.
> Obviously dh_md5sums didn't create an empty md5sums file (because all
> other packages containing files got one).

> One example is the php5 binary package, which only contains a few
> directories and a symlink (/usr/share/doc/php5 -> php5-common).

Good catch.  Thanks.  Will be fixed in the next release.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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