[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 1.24.4-76-gdd41a1e
The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit dd41a1e5941381126bf5b1d23376e5bbd500d07b
Author: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
Date: Sat Aug 30 12:49:40 2008 +0100
Fix a number of typoes and spelling mistakes in tag descriptions.
diff --git a/checks/binaries.desc b/checks/binaries.desc
index 0ac90ec..39d0b49 100644
--- a/checks/binaries.desc
+++ b/checks/binaries.desc
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Info: The binary or shared library sets RPATH. This overrides the normal
In that case, place those private shared libraries in
<tt>/usr/lib/<i>package</i></tt>. Libraries used by binaries in other
packages should be placed in <tt>/lib</tt> or <tt>/usr/lib</tt> as
- appropriate, with a proper SONAME, in which case RPATH is unncessary.
+ appropriate, with a proper SONAME, in which case RPATH is unnecessary.
.
To fix this problem, look for link lines like:
gcc test.o -o test -Wl,--rpath,/usr/local/lib
diff --git a/checks/cruft.desc b/checks/cruft.desc
index 22da838..2612877 100644
--- a/checks/cruft.desc
+++ b/checks/cruft.desc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Severity: normal
Certainty: certain
Info: Native packaging should only be used if a piece of software was
written specifically to be turned into a Debian package. In this case,
- the version number should not contain a debian revision part.
+ the version number should not contain a Debian revision part.
.
Native source packages are sometimes created by accident. In most cases
the reason is the location of the original source tarball. dpkg-source
diff --git a/checks/debconf.desc b/checks/debconf.desc
index 0f79d32..29e2998 100644
--- a/checks/debconf.desc
+++ b/checks/debconf.desc
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ Type: warning
Severity: normal
Certainty: certain
Info: The short description should be kept short (50 characters or so) so
- that it may be accomodated by most debconf interfaces. Keeping it short
+ that it may be accommodated by most debconf interfaces. Keeping it short
also helps translators, as usually translations tend to end up being
longer than the original.
Ref: devref 6.5.3.2
diff --git a/checks/debhelper.desc b/checks/debhelper.desc
index c9fb42d..87ef405 100644
--- a/checks/debhelper.desc
+++ b/checks/debhelper.desc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Info: If a package sets debhelper's compatibility version to >= 6,
the needed version of debhelper.
.
etch was released with debhelper version 5.0.42, so every package that
- assumes a newer version should explicetly declare so for the sake of
+ assumes a newer version should explicitly declare so for the sake of
etch backports.
Tag: dh-make-template-in-source
diff --git a/checks/fields.desc b/checks/fields.desc
index bb827d9..9be226b 100644
--- a/checks/fields.desc
+++ b/checks/fields.desc
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ Type: warning
Severity: normal
Certainty: certain
Info: The `Homepage:' field in this package's control file does not
- contain a valid absolute URL. Most probably you forgot to specificy
+ contain a valid absolute URL. Most probably you forgot to specify
the scheme (e.g. http).
Tag: obsolete-field
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ Tag: old-versioned-python-dependency
Type: warning
Severity: normal
Certainty: certain
-Info: This package appears to be an architecture-indepedent Python module
+Info: This package appears to be an architecture-independent Python module
but has a dependency on a version of python less than a particular
version and no Python-Version control field. This normally means that
the package isn't using the current Python policy; most
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ Certainty: certain
Ref: http://www.debian.org/vote/2007/vote_003
Info: The Dm-Upload-Allowed field in this package is set to something
other than "yes". The only standardized value for this field in the
- Debian GR is "yes" and other values (including capitalization varients)
+ Debian GR is "yes" and other values (including capitalization variants)
may not work as expected.
Tag: doc-package-should-be-section-doc
diff --git a/checks/manpages.desc b/checks/manpages.desc
index df82fd3..d9b9d30 100644
--- a/checks/manpages.desc
+++ b/checks/manpages.desc
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Type: warning
Severity: normal
Certainty: certain
Info: Each manual page should start with a `NAME' section, which lists the
- name and a brief description of the page seperated by '\-'. These sections
+ name and a brief description of the page separated by '\-'. These sections
are parsed by `mandb' and stored in a database for the use of `apropos' and
`whatis', so they must be in a certain format. This manual page apparently
uses the wrong format and cannot be parsed by `mandb'.
diff --git a/checks/scripts.desc b/checks/scripts.desc
index e5a702e..2c2b989 100644
--- a/checks/scripts.desc
+++ b/checks/scripts.desc
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ Tag: start-stop-daemon-in-maintainer-script
Type: warning
Severity: normal
Certainty: certain
-Info: The maintainer script seems to calll <tt>start-stop-daemon</tt>
+Info: The maintainer script seems to call <tt>start-stop-daemon</tt>
directly. Long-running daemons should be started and stopped via init
scripts using <tt>invoke-rc.d</tt> rather than directly in maintainer
scripts.
diff --git a/checks/shared-libs.desc b/checks/shared-libs.desc
index 05a6c57..45eb82c 100644
--- a/checks/shared-libs.desc
+++ b/checks/shared-libs.desc
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ Severity: normal
Certainty: possible
Info: The listed shared libraries declares the stack as executable.
.
- Executable stack is usualy an error as it is only needed if the code
+ Executable stack is usually an error as it is only needed if the code
contains GCC trampolines or similar constructs which uses code on the
stack. One possible source for false positives are object files built
from assembler files which don't define a proper .note.GNU-stack
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Certainty: certain
Info: Debian revisions should be stripped from versions in symbols files.
Not doing so leads to dependencies unsatisfiable by backports (1.0-1~bpo
<< 1.0-1 while 1.0-1~bpo >= 1.0). If the debian revision can't
- be stripped because the symbol really appearead between two specific
+ be stripped because the symbol really appeared between two specific
Debian revisions, you should postfix the version with a single "~"
(example: 1.0-3~ if the symbol appeared in 1.0-3).
.
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ Certainty: certain
Info: Debian revisions should be stripped from versions in symbols files.
Not doing so leads to dependencies unsatisfiable by backports (1.0-1~bpo
<< 1.0-1 while 1.0-1~bpo >= 1.0). If the debian revision can't
- be stripped because the symbol really appearead between two specific
+ be stripped because the symbol really appeared between two specific
Debian revisions, you should postfix the version with a single "~"
(example: 1.0-3~ if the symbol appeared in 1.0-3).
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 287930e..3a85ee8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ lintian (1.25.0) unstable; urgency=low
The default output is unchanged, see the documentation on
how to utilize the new features.
+ * checks/*.desc:
+ + [ADB] Fix a number of spelling mistakes and typoes.
* checks/debhelper{,.desc}:
+ [FL] Do not require versioned build-depends for compat level 5
anymore. Sarge is not supported anymore. (Closes: #496826)
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