Bug#454723: false positive: perl-package-should-be-section-perl dh-make-perl

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org> writes:

> Package: lintian
> Version: 1.23.38
> Severity: normal
>
> Lintian reports the following on dh-make-perl:
>
>  W: dh-make-perl: perl-package-should-be-section-perl dh-make-perl
>  N:
>  N:   This package has a name suggest that it is Perl-based, so it should be
>  N:   in section "perl".
>  N:
>
> dh-make-perl is similar to dh-make, but creates packages from Perl
> modules. Currently it uses "Section: devel".
>
> I am unsure if
>  a) an override is in order; or
>  b) lintian should "whitelist" dh-make-perl for this check; or
>  c) lintian should check only for packages named lib*-perl

I think we should only check for lib-*-perl.  The initial check for both
Perl and Python was a bit too aggressive and picked up stuff that wasn't
actually modules.

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