lintian: r1244 - in trunk: checks debian

[rra@debian.org]

Author: rra
Date: 2008-03-04 03:18:03 +0100 (Tue, 04 Mar 2008)
New Revision: 1244

Modified:
   trunk/checks/copyright-file.desc
   trunk/debian/changelog
Log:
  + [RA] Suggest an override if only the Debian packaging or some other
    part of the package not linked with OpenSSL is covered by the GPL.
    Thanks, Andrew Pollock.  (Closes: #469106)

Modified: trunk/checks/copyright-file.desc
===================================================================
--- trunk/checks/copyright-file.desc	2008-03-04 02:14:23 UTC (rev 1243)
+++ trunk/checks/copyright-file.desc	2008-03-04 02:18:03 UTC (rev 1244)
@@ -222,3 +222,8 @@
  3) is incompatible with some terms of the OpenSSL license, and therefore
  Debian does not allow GPL-licensed code linked with OpenSSL libraries
  unless there is a license exception explicitly permitting this.
+ .
+ If only the Debian packaging, or some other part of the package not
+ linked with OpenSSL, is covered by the GNU GPL, please add a lintian
+ override for this tag.  Lintian currently has no good way of
+ distinguishing between that case and problematic packages.

Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog	2008-03-04 02:14:23 UTC (rev 1243)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog	2008-03-04 02:18:03 UTC (rev 1244)
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
       Michael Meskes.  (Closes: #465258)
     + [RA] Further explain why lintian looks for a valid copyright notice.
       (Closes: #466714)
+    + [RA] Suggest an override if only the Debian packaging or some other
+      part of the package not linked with OpenSSL is covered by the GPL.
+      Thanks, Andrew Pollock.  (Closes: #469106)
   * checks/cruft{.desc,}:
     + [FL] Add hg to the list of <vcs>-control-dir tags.
     + [RA] In the long description of outdated-autotools-helper-file,