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lintian: r1030 - in trunk: debian man



Author: rra
Date: 2007-12-04 05:23:12 +0100 (Tue, 04 Dec 2007)
New Revision: 1030

Modified:
   trunk/debian/changelog
   trunk/man/lintian.1
Log:
* man/lintian.1:
  + [RA] Be clearer about what files lintian takes as arguments; in
    particular, mention that source packages are checked by providing
    the .dsc file as an argument.  (Closes: #441636)

Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog	2007-12-04 04:13:49 UTC (rev 1029)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog	2007-12-04 04:23:12 UTC (rev 1030)
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@
     + [TK] Add Vcs-* fields to point to Lintian's repository.
     + [RA] Update standards version to 3.7.3.
 
+  * man/lintian.1:
+    + [RA] Be clearer about what files lintian takes as arguments; in
+      particular, mention that source packages are checked by providing
+      the .dsc file as an argument.  (Closes: #441636)
+
   * unpack/list-srcpkg:
     + [RA] Escape ; and newline characters in all package fields before
       writing them to the index (uncovered when someone accidentally

Modified: trunk/man/lintian.1
===================================================================
--- trunk/man/lintian.1	2007-12-04 04:13:49 UTC (rev 1029)
+++ trunk/man/lintian.1	2007-12-04 04:23:12 UTC (rev 1030)
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
 expensive data-collection operations.
 .sp
 There are three ways to specify binary, udeb or source packages for Lintian
-to process: by file name, by package name, or by naming a
+to process: by file name (the .deb file for a binary package or the .dsc
+file for a source package), by package name, or by naming a
 .I .changes
 file.  
 If you list packages by package name, you'll have to



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