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- To: submit@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: improperly encoded < and > symbols in descriptions
- From: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
- Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 10:51:13 +0100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 200712091051.16040.thijs@debian.org>
Package: lintian Version: 1.23.38 Severity: minor Tags: patch Hi! The new malformed-override tag introduces some unencoded < and > in the description, making the text unreadable. This has only partially been fixed in SVN. Attached patch fixes that description fully, plus some other instances of unencoded < and > I could find. Thijsdiff -Nur lintian-1.23.38/checks/debconf.desc lintian-1.23.39/checks/debconf.desc --- lintian-1.23.38/checks/debconf.desc 2007-10-15 03:29:28.000000000 +0200 +++ lintian-1.23.39/checks/debconf.desc 2007-12-09 10:45:57.000000000 +0100 @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ . Since error types were added after debconf-2.0, one cannot use the normal debconf-2.0 alternative to allow for cdebconf or other implementations. - Instead, use <tt>debconf (>= 1.4.69) | cdebconf (>= 0.39)</tt>. + Instead, use <tt>debconf (>= 1.4.69) | cdebconf (>= 0.39)</tt>. . All versions of debconf back to etch support error templates, but the debconf released with sarge didn't, so this dependency is still helpful diff -Nur lintian-1.23.38/checks/debhelper.desc lintian-1.23.39/checks/debhelper.desc --- lintian-1.23.38/checks/debhelper.desc 2007-04-28 06:42:25.000000000 +0200 +++ lintian-1.23.39/checks/debhelper.desc 2007-12-09 10:46:11.000000000 +0100 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Tag: package-lacks-versioned-build-depends-on-debhelper Type: info -Info: If a package sets debhelper's compatibility version to >= 5, +Info: If a package sets debhelper's compatibility version to >= 5, either via DH_COMPAT, or via debian/compat, or via dh_testversion (which is deprecated), it should declare a versioned Build-Depends on the needed version of debhelper. @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Type: info Info: The source package requests dh_python compatibility level 2 (or higher) in <tt>debian/pycompat</tt> but doesn't depend on a new enough - debhelper. A Build-Depends on debhelper (>= 5.0.37.2) is required for + debhelper. A Build-Depends on debhelper (>= 5.0.37.2) is required for this support. . All versions of debhelper back to etch support this, but the debhelper diff -Nur lintian-1.23.38/checks/files.desc lintian-1.23.39/checks/files.desc --- lintian-1.23.38/checks/files.desc 2007-12-04 20:37:27.000000000 +0100 +++ lintian-1.23.39/checks/files.desc 2007-12-09 10:44:58.000000000 +0100 @@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ installed into the old /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts path may not be seen by the X server. . - If the package uses imake, it must build-depend on xutils-dev (>= + If the package uses imake, it must build-depend on xutils-dev (>= 1:1.0.2-2) for the correct paths. If it uses dh_installxfonts to handle X - font installation, it must build-depend on debhelper (>= 5.0.31). + font installation, it must build-depend on debhelper (>= 5.0.31). Ref: policy 11.8.5 Tag: package-installs-file-to-usr-x11r6-bin @@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ successfully. However, such a package will be left in an inconsistent state and may orphan files when the compatibility link goes away. . - If the package uses imake, it must build-depend on xutils-dev (>= + If the package uses imake, it must build-depend on xutils-dev (>= 1:1.0.2-2) for the correct paths. Ref: policy 11.8.7 Tag: file-in-usr-something-x11-without-pre-depends Type: info Info: Packages that install files into /usr/include/X11 or /usr/lib/X11 - should pre-depend on at least x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0). These directories + should pre-depend on at least x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0). These directories used to be symlinks and installing files in them while they are still symlinks will put files in the wrong locations and cause stranded files and other problems. x11-common is responsible for converting the @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ . Programs that use GNU autoconf and automake are usually easily configured at compile time to use /usr/ instead of /usr/X11R6/. Packages that use - imake must build-depend on xutils-dev (>= 1:1.0.2-2) for the correct + imake must build-depend on xutils-dev (>= 1:1.0.2-2) for the correct paths. Ref: policy 11.8.7 @@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ Type: error Ref: policy 11.8.6 Info: Packages that install files into the /etc/X11/Xresources/ directory must - declare a conflict with xbase (<< 3.3.2.3a-2); if this is not done it is + declare a conflict with xbase (<< 3.3.2.3a-2); if this is not done it is possible for the installing package to destroy a previously-existing /etc/X11/Xresources file which had been customized by the system administrator. diff -Nur lintian-1.23.38/checks/lintian.desc lintian-1.23.39/checks/lintian.desc --- lintian-1.23.38/checks/lintian.desc 2007-12-04 09:25:33.000000000 +0100 +++ lintian-1.23.39/checks/lintian.desc 2007-12-09 10:42:01.000000000 +0100 @@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ Info: Lintian discovered an override entry with an invalid format. An override entry should have the format: . - <package>[ <type>]: <tag>[ <extra> ...] + <package>[ <type>]: <tag>[ <extra> ...] . - where <package> is the package name, the optional <type> parameter - specifies the package type (binary is the default), <tag> is the tag to - suppress, and <extra> is any specific information for the particular tag + where <package> is the package name, the optional <type> parameter + specifies the package type (binary is the default), <tag> is the tag to + suppress, and <extra> is any specific information for the particular tag to suppress.Attachment: pgpXOh6sZEO94.pgp
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- To: 455211-close@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Bug#455211: fixed in lintian 1.23.41
- From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
- Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:32:02 +0000
- Message-id: <E1J1aJG-0001G6-Rj@ries.debian.org>
Source: lintian Source-Version: 1.23.41 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of lintian, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: lintian_1.23.41.dsc to pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.41.dsc lintian_1.23.41.tar.gz to pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.41.tar.gz lintian_1.23.41_all.deb to pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.41_all.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 455211@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (supplier of updated lintian package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:03:03 -0800 Source: lintian Binary: lintian Architecture: source all Version: 1.23.41 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org> Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Description: lintian - Debian package checker Closes: 444651 455211 Changes: lintian (1.23.41) unstable; urgency=low . The "it would be lovely if there were an actual desktop file standard" release. . * checks/*.desc: + [RA] Escape all literal angle brackets and fix unclosed and unknown HTML tags. Based on a patch by Thijs Kinkhorst. (Closes: #455211) * checks/field{.desc,}: + [FL] Add some checks for the Homepage field: - warn about enclosing < and > - warn about non-absolute URLs * checks/menu-format{.desc,}: + [RA] Add Actions to the KDE-specific desktop file keys. Add Application as an acceptable Main Category even though it's not listed in the standard; given how widely it's used, it doesn't appear to be worth warning about right now. (Closes: #444651) + [RA] Add GNUstep as an acceptable Main Category, since it's used as a non-standard category by GNUstep applications. + [RA] Warn about desktop files containing CRLF line endings (and then strip the CR for later checks). The standard is explicit that each line ends in only LF. . * debian/control: + [FL] Add liburi-perl to Depends for the Homepage checks. + [RA] Wrap Depends for readability. . * testset/runtests: + [RA] Check all tag descriptions for unknown or unclosed HTML tags and for stray angle brackets. Files: 4000e8675644b5391d2c3d8626841779 904 devel optional lintian_1.23.41.dsc 85e4bde3cd9904bdd3ef977a026af554 364323 devel optional lintian_1.23.41.tar.gz fc1e0bb0a4d4bc8bd6cb51f543a45fb4 307910 devel optional lintian_1.23.41_all.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHXL2E+YXjQAr8dHYRAtIaAKC1CzuXOgGUPoelAXRFdJ8UpydFwACcC7I3 Xl686C3wSSQNa7G4Rrq+fK8= =mpyd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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