Bug#505857: lintian: false positive debian-watch-file-should-mangle-version
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:21:09AM +0100, Jiří Paleček wrote:
> I'm getting a lintian warning an the package ltp:
>
> W: ltp source: debian-watch-file-should-mangle-version
>
> however, the watch file in question actually does mangle the version on
> the line
>
> opts=dversionmangle=s/\+.*$// \
> http://sf.net/ltp/ltp-full-([0-9]+)\.tgz debian git-import-orig
>
> which correctly changes 20081031+dfsg to 20081031.
I think the check is fooled by your overreaching regex. If you
replace it with s/\+dfsg.*$// it should stop complaining.
Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
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