Bug#452804: Please add a summary of errors/warnings suppressed by overrides
On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 02:37:57PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> writes:
>
>> Package: lintian
>> Version: N/A
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> It would be really useful if lintian could count the errors and
>> warnings that have been suppressed by the use of overrides, then
>> provide a summary when finished. This would help sponsors find errors
>> that may have been mistakenly over-ridden in packages they are
>> checking, for example.
>>
>> I'll try and supply a patch if that helps... :-)
>
>I assume --show-overrides isn't quite what you mean? Could you give an
>example of the sort of thing you're looking for?
Hi Russ,
Possibly, but probably not. I'd prefer it to be on by default, rather
than needing an extra option if possible. Output something like the
last line of:
tack:~/debian/linhdd$ lintian linhdd*[scb]
E: linhdd: menu-item-creates-new-root-section Applications
/usr/share/menu/linhdd:3
I: linhdd_0.4-2_all.deb suppressed 2 warnings, 1 error using overrides
Does that sound reasonable?
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
"...In the UNIX world, people tend to interpret `non-technical user'
as meaning someone who's only ever written one device driver." -- Daniel Pead
Reply to: