[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 1.24.3-33-ga8176e7
The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit a8176e7168ad14d6851d1b06c7348bfd1643ac48
Author: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
Date: Thu Aug 14 19:10:18 2008 +0100
"Previously distributed under the GNU GPL" doesn't imply GPL use
+ [ADB] Don't flag copyright files using phrases such as "previously
distributed under the GNU GPL" as lacking a reference to the license.
Thanks Raphael Geissert.
diff --git a/checks/copyright-file b/checks/copyright-file
index 30f72a2..f3eee1b 100644
--- a/checks/copyright-file
+++ b/checks/copyright-file
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ if (m,/usr/share/common-licenses,
|| m/GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE\s+Version 1/
|| m/compatible\s+with\s+(the\s+)?(GNU\s+)?GPL/
|| m/(GNU\s+)?GPL\W+compatible/
+ || m/was\s+previously\s+(distributed\s+)?under\s+the\s+GNU/
|| $wrong_directory_detected) {
# False positive or correct reference. Ignore.
} elsif (m/GNU Free Documentation License/i or m/\bGFDL\b/) {
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7e02cb7..a3e4746 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ lintian (1.24.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* checks/*.desc:
+ [JP] Update, fix and unify various manual references.
+ * checks/copyright-file:
+ + [ADB] Don't flag copyright files using phrases such as "previously
+ distributed under the GNU GPL" as lacking a reference to the license.
+ Thanks Raphael Geissert.
* checks/cruft{,.desc}:
+ [FL] Add new check for outdated libtool files.
(Closes: #293296)
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