[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 1.24.4-57-gcfdcbc8
The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 8a93f125d3f1dd924d0e8ebd72d59106b40f9b32
Author: Jordà Polo <jorda@ettin.org>
Date: Thu Jul 17 12:55:16 2008 +0200
Add Severity/Certainty headers to "files" tags
diff --git a/checks/files.desc b/checks/files.desc
index f28fb25..3ebfcdc 100644
--- a/checks/files.desc
+++ b/checks/files.desc
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Info: This script checks if a binary package conforms to policy
Tag: package-contains-ancient-file
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: possible
Info: Your package contains a file that claims to have been generated
more than 20 years ago. This is most probably an error. Your package
will be rejected by the Debian archive scripts if it contains a file
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ Info: Your package contains a file that claims to have been generated
Tag: old-app-defaults-directory
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The app-defaults files have moved to /etc/X11/app-defaults/. Files in
the old directory, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/, will no longer be
used by X. The old directory should not exist in packages at all;
@@ -24,6 +28,8 @@ Ref: policy 11.8.6
Tag: package-installs-font-to-usr-x11r6
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The standard location for X fonts has moved to /usr/share/fonts/X11.
Packages providing X fonts must install them into the new path. Fonts
installed into the old /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts path may not be seen by
@@ -36,6 +42,8 @@ Ref: policy 11.8.5
Tag: package-installs-file-to-usr-x11r6-bin
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Debian has switched to the modular X tree which now uses the regular
FHS paths, and all packages must follow. All packages installing binaries
must install them into /usr/bin (or some other appropriate location)
@@ -53,6 +61,8 @@ Ref: policy 11.8.7
Tag: file-in-usr-something-x11-without-pre-depends
Type: info
+Severity: minor
+Certainty: certain
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
used to be symlinks and installing files in them while they are still
@@ -67,6 +77,8 @@ Ref: policy 11.8.7
Tag: package-installs-file-to-usr-x11r6
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Packages using the X Window System should not be configured to install
files under the /usr/X11R6/ directory. Debian has switched to the modular
X tree which now uses regular FHS paths and all packages should follow.
@@ -79,11 +91,15 @@ Ref: policy 11.8.7
Tag: config-file-reserved
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: This file is reserved by a specific package. Please email the
maintainer of the package in question if you have questions.
Tag: package-uses-obsolete-file
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: the file, /etc/nntpserver, is no longer recommenced. As of policy
revision 2.5.1.0, /etc/news/server is the preferred file to use to specify
a news server.
@@ -91,6 +107,8 @@ Ref: policy 11.7
Tag: FSSTND-dir-in-usr
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: As of policy version 3.0.0.0, Debian no longer follows the FSSTND.
.
Instead, the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), version 2.3, is
@@ -99,6 +117,8 @@ Ref: policy 9.1.1
Tag: FSSTND-dir-in-var
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: As of policy version 3.0.0.0, Debian no longer follows the FSSTND.
.
Instead, the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), version 2.3, is
@@ -107,6 +127,8 @@ Ref: policy 9.1.1
Tag: package-installs-into-etc-gconf-schemas
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package installs files into the <tt>/etc/gconf/schemas</tt>
directory. No package should do this; this directory is reserved for
local overrides. Instead, schemas should be installed into
@@ -114,23 +136,31 @@ Info: The package installs files into the <tt>/etc/gconf/schemas</tt>
Tag: package-installs-into-etc-rc.d
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package installs files into the <tt>/etc/rc.d</tt> or
<tt>/etc/rc?.d</tt> which is not allowed.
Ref: policy 9.3.3
Tag: package-installs-into-etc-rc.boot
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package installs files in the <tt>/etc/rc.boot</tt> directory,
which is obsolete. See rc.boot(5) for details.
Ref: policy 9.3.4
Tag: non-standard-file-permissions-for-etc-init.d-script
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Usually, scripts in the <tt>/etc/init.d</tt> directory should have
mode 0755.
Tag: file-directly-in-usr-share
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: Packages should not install files directly in <tt>/usr/share</tt>,
i.e., without a subdirectory.
.
@@ -139,12 +169,16 @@ Info: Packages should not install files directly in <tt>/usr/share</tt>,
Tag: file-in-usr-local
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package installs a file in <tt>/usr/local/...</tt> which is
not allowed.
Ref: policy 9.1.2
Tag: stray-directory-in-manpage-directory
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: This package installs a directory under <tt>/usr/share/man</tt> or
<tt>/usr/X11R6/man</tt> that isn't a manual section directory or locale
directory.
@@ -152,10 +186,14 @@ Ref: fhs usrsharemanmanualpages
Tag: executable-manpage
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Manual pages are not meant to be executed.
Tag: dir-in-usr-local
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package installs a directory in <tt>/usr/local/...</tt> which is
not allowed.
.
@@ -168,6 +206,8 @@ Ref: policy 9.1.2
Tag: possible-name-space-pollution
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package installs a binary which uses a very short file name (one
or two characters). This is not forbidden by policy, but short names
should be reserved for the user. Unless this short name has been used
@@ -176,12 +216,16 @@ Info: The package installs a binary which uses a very short file name (one
Tag: non-standard-dir-perm
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: possible
Info: The directory has a mode different from 0755, and it's not one of the
known exceptions.
Ref: policy 10.9
Tag: executable-is-not-world-readable
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: All executables should be readable by any user. Since anyone can
download the Debian package and obtain a copy of the executable, no
security is gained by making the executable unreadable even for setuid
@@ -191,6 +235,8 @@ Ref: policy 10.9
Tag: non-standard-executable-perm
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: Executables that are not setuid or setgid should always have a mode
of 0755. Since anyone can obtain the executable by downloading the
Debian package and extracting it, restricting access serves little
@@ -199,6 +245,8 @@ Ref: policy 10.9
Tag: non-standard-game-executable-perm
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The file is owned by the games group but is not mode 2755. If a
game does not have to be setgid games, it should be owned by the root
group like any other executable. This executable is either owned by the
@@ -207,6 +255,8 @@ Ref: policy 11.11
Tag: non-standard-setuid-executable-perm
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The file is setuid or setgid and has a mode different from any of
2755, 4755, 4754, or 6755. Any other permissions on setuid executables
is probably a bug. In particular, removing root write privileges serves
@@ -217,30 +267,40 @@ Ref: policy 10.9
Tag: setuid-binary
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: possible
Info: The file is tagged SETUID. In some cases this is intentional, but in
other cases this is a bug. If this is intentional, please add a lintian
override to document this fact.
Tag: setgid-binary
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: possible
Info: The file is tagged SETGID. In some cases this is intentional, but in
other cases this is a bug. If this is intentional, please add a lintian
override to document this fact.
Tag: setuid-gid-binary
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: possible
Info: The file is tagged SETUID and SETGID. In some cases this is
intentional, but in other cases this is a bug. If this is intentional,
please add a lintian override to document this fact.
Tag: non-standard-file-perm
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: possible
Info: The file has a mode different from 0644. In some cases this is
intentional, but in other cases this is a bug.
Ref: policy 10.9
Tag: special-file
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package contains a <i>special</i> file (e.g., a device file).
This is forbidden by current policy. If your program needs this device,
you should create it by calling <tt>makedev</tt> from the postinst
@@ -249,6 +309,8 @@ Ref: policy 10.6
Tag: old-style-example-dir
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package installs some files into the old
<tt>/usr/doc/examples</tt> directory. The new location for examples
is <tt>/usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/examples</tt>.
@@ -256,6 +318,8 @@ Ref: policy 12.6
Tag: compressed-symlink-with-wrong-ext
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package installs a symbolic link pointing to a compressed file,
but the symbolic link does not use the same file extension than the
referenced file. In most cases, this can produce troubles when the
@@ -264,6 +328,8 @@ Ref: policy 10.5
Tag: symlink-has-double-slash
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: This symlink contains two successive slashes (//). This is in violation
of policy, where it is stated that symlinks should be as short as possible
.
@@ -273,6 +339,8 @@ Ref: policy 10.5
Tag: symlink-ends-with-slash
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: This symlink ends with a slash (/). This is in violation
of policy, where it is stated that symlinks should be as short as possible
.
@@ -282,6 +350,8 @@ Ref: policy 10.5
Tag: symlink-should-be-relative
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: Symlinks to files which are in the same top-level directory should be
relative according to policy. (In other words, a link in /usr to another
file in /usr should be relative, while a link in /usr to a file in /etc
@@ -293,6 +363,8 @@ Ref: policy 10.5
Tag: symlink-should-be-absolute
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Symbolic links between different top-level directories should be
absolute.
.
@@ -302,26 +374,36 @@ Ref: policy 10.5
Tag: udeb-contains-documentation-file
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: udeb packages should not contain any documentation.
Tag: executable-in-usr-share-doc
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Usually, documentation files in <tt>/usr/share/doc</tt> should have mode
0644. If the executable is an example, it should go in
<tt>/usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/examples</tt>.
Tag: script-in-usr-share-doc
Type: info
+Severity: wishlist
+Certainty: certain
Info: Scripts are usually not documentation files, unless they are
examples, in which case they should be in the
<tt>/usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/examples</tt> directory.
Tag: symlink-has-too-many-up-segments
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The symlink references a directory beyond the root directory `/'.
Tag: lengthy-symlink
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: This link goes up, and then back down into the same subdirectory.
Making it shorter will improve its chances of finding the right file
if the user's system has lots of symlinked directories.
@@ -332,12 +414,16 @@ Ref: policy 10.5
Tag: symlink-is-self-recursive
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: possible
Info: The symbolic link is recursive to a higher directory of the symlink
itself. This means, that you can infinitely chdir with this symlink. This is
usually not okay, but sometimes wanted behaviour.
Tag: symlink-contains-spurious-segments
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The symbolic link has needless segments like '..' and '.' in the middle.
These are unneeded, and make the link longer than it could be, which is in
violation of policy.
@@ -348,38 +434,52 @@ Ref: policy 10.5
Tag: run-parts-cron-filename-contains-full-stop
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The script in /etc/cron.<time-interval> will not be executed by
run-parts(8) because the filename contains a "." (full stop).
Ref: run-parts(8)
Tag: bad-permissions-for-etc-cron.d-script
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Files in <tt>/etc/cron.d</tt> are configuration files for cron and not
scripts. Thus, they should not be marked executable.
Tag: bad-permissions-for-etc-emacs-script
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Files in the <tt>/etc/emacs*</tt> directories should not be marked
executable.
Tag: image-file-in-usr-lib
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: This package installs a pixmap or a bitmap within <tt>/usr/lib</tt>.
According to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, architecture-independent
files need to be placed within <tt>/usr/share</tt> instead.
Tag: file-directly-in-usr-share-doc
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: Documentation files have to be installed in
<tt>/usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i></tt>.
Ref: policy 12.3
Tag: bad-owner-for-doc-file
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Documentation files should be owned by <tt>root/root</tt>.
Tag: dir-or-file-in-var-www
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Ref: fhs thevarhierarchy
Info: Debian packages should not install files under <tt>/var/www</tt>.
This is not one of the <tt>/var</tt> directories in the File Hierarchy
@@ -399,20 +499,28 @@ Info: Debian packages should not install files under <tt>/var/www</tt>.
Tag: dir-or-file-in-tmp
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Packages should not install into <tt>/tmp</tt> or <tt>/var/tmp</tt>.
Tag: dir-or-file-in-mnt
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Packages should not install into <tt>/mnt</tt>. The FHS states that
the contents of this directory is a local issue.
Tag: dir-or-file-in-opt
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Debian packages should not install into <tt>/opt</tt>, because it
is reserved for add-on software.
Tag: dir-or-file-in-srv
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Ref: fhs therootfilesystem
Info: Debian packages should not install into <tt>/srv</tt>. The
specification of <tt>/srv</tt> states that its structure is at the
@@ -428,6 +536,8 @@ Info: Debian packages should not install into <tt>/srv</tt>. The
Tag: third-party-package-in-python-dir
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: According to <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/essays/packages.html";>
<tt>http://www.python.org/doc/essays/packages.html</tt></a>, third-party
python packages should install their files in
@@ -436,6 +546,8 @@ Info: According to <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/essays/packages.html";>
Tag: perl-module-in-core-directory
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Packaged modules must not be installed into the core perl
directories as those directories change with each upstream perl
revision. The vendor directories are provided for this purpose.
@@ -443,12 +555,16 @@ Ref: perl-policy 3.1
Tag: backup-file-in-package
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: There is a file in the package whose name matches the format emacs
or vim uses for backup and autosave files. It may have been installed by
accident.
Tag: nfs-temporary-file-in-package
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: There is a file in the package whose name matches the format NFS
uses to temporarily save files that were deleted while another process
had them open. It may have been included in the package by accident
@@ -456,6 +572,8 @@ Info: There is a file in the package whose name matches the format NFS
Tag: windows-thumbnail-database-in-package
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: There is a file in the package named <tt>Thumbs.db</tt> or
<tt>Thumbs.db.gz</tt>, which is normally a Windows image thumbnail
database. Such databases are generally useless in Debian packages and
@@ -464,6 +582,8 @@ Info: There is a file in the package named <tt>Thumbs.db</tt> or
Tag: macos-ds-store-file-in-package
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: There is a file in the package named <tt>.DS_Store</tt> or
<tt>.DS_Store.gz</tt>, the file name used by Mac OS X to store folder
attributes. Such files are generally useless in Debian packages and were
@@ -472,6 +592,8 @@ Info: There is a file in the package named <tt>.DS_Store</tt> or
Tag: macos-resource-fork-file-in-package
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: There is a file in the package with a name starting with
<tt>._</tt>, the file name pattern used by Mac OS X to store resource
forks in non-native file systems. Such files are generally useless in
@@ -480,6 +602,8 @@ Info: There is a file in the package with a name starting with
Tag: package-installs-perllocal-pod
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: This package installs a file <tt>perllocal.pod</tt>. Since that
file is intended for local documentation, it is not likely that it is
a good place for documentation supplied by a Debian package. In fact,
@@ -488,6 +612,8 @@ Info: This package installs a file <tt>perllocal.pod</tt>. Since that
Tag: extra-license-file
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: possible
Ref: policy 12.5
Info: All license information should be collected in the
<tt>debian/copyright</tt> file. This usually makes it unnecessary
@@ -495,24 +621,32 @@ Info: All license information should be collected in the
Tag: non-standard-toplevel-dir
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard forbids the installation of new
files or directories in the root directory.
Ref: fhs therootfilesystem
Tag: subdir-in-bin
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard forbids the installation of new
directories in <tt>/bin</tt>.
Ref: fhs binessentialusercommandbinaries
Tag: subdir-in-usr-bin
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard forbids the installation of new
directories in <tt>/usr/bin</tt> other than <tt>/usr/bin/mh</tt>.
Ref: fhs usrbinmostusercommands
Tag: non-standard-dir-in-usr
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The FHS says "No large software packages should use a direct
subdirectory under the <tt>/usr</tt> hierarchy". This package contains
a directory in <tt>/usr</tt> that is not mentioned in the Filesystem
@@ -521,6 +655,8 @@ Ref: fhs theusrhierarchy
Tag: non-standard-dir-in-var
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The FHS says "Applications should generally not add directories to
the top level of <tt>/var</tt>. Such directories should only be added
if they have some system-wide implication, and in consultation with the
@@ -529,6 +665,8 @@ Ref: fhs thevarhierarchy
Tag: use-of-compat-symlink
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: This package uses a directory that, according to the Filesystem
Hierarchy Standard, should exist only as a compatibility symlink.
Packages should not traverse such symlinks when installing files, they
@@ -536,11 +674,15 @@ Info: This package uses a directory that, according to the Filesystem
Tag: file-in-unusual-dir
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: This file or symbolic link is in a directory where files are not
normally installed by Debian packages.
Tag: package-installs-packlist
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Packages built using the perl MakeMaker package will have a file
named .packlist in them. Those files are useless, and (in some cases)
have the additional problem of creating an architecture-specific
@@ -556,10 +698,14 @@ Ref: perl-policy 4.1
Tag: zero-byte-file-in-doc-directory
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: Package contains a file which is empty.
Tag: override-file-in-wrong-location
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Location of per package overrides the file
/usr/share/lintian/overrides/package. See the lintian documentation for more
info on proper naming and format.
@@ -567,6 +713,8 @@ Ref: lintian 2.4
Tag: package-contains-upstream-install-documentation
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Ref: policy 12.3
Info: Binary packages do not need to contain the instructions for building
and installing the package as this info is not needed by package users.
@@ -575,6 +723,8 @@ Info: Binary packages do not need to contain the instructions for building
Tag: package-contains-hardlink
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package contains a hardlink in <tt>/etc</tt> or across different
directories. This might not work at all if directories are on different
filesystems (which can happen anytime as the system administrator sees fit),
@@ -589,23 +739,31 @@ Ref: policy 10.7.3
Tag: package-contains-bts-control-dir
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package contains a control directory for a bug tracking system.
It was most likely installed by accident, since bug tracking directories
usually don't belong in packages.
Tag: package-contains-vcs-control-dir
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package contains a control directory for a version control system.
It was most likely installed by accident, since version control directories
usually don't belong in packages.
Tag: package-contains-xvpics-dir
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Package contains a .xvpics directory. It was most likely installed by
accident, since thumbnails usually don't belong in packages.
Tag: package-contains-vcs-control-file
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package contains a VCS control file such as .(cvs|git|hg)ignore.
Files such as these are used by revision control systems to, for example,
specify untracked files it should ignore or inventory files. This file
@@ -614,24 +772,32 @@ Info: The package contains a VCS control file such as .(cvs|git|hg)ignore.
Tag: svn-commit-file-in-package
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package contains an svn-commit(.NNN).tmp file. This file is
almost certainly a left-over from a failed Subversion commit, and does
not belong in a Debian package.
Tag: svk-commit-file-in-package
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package contains an svk-commitNNN.tmp file. This file is almost
certainly a left-over from a failed Subversion commit, and does not
belong in a Debian package.
Tag: nested-examples-directory
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: Package contains a <tt>usr/share/doc/something/examples/examples</tt>
directory. It was most likely installed by accident, since one examples/
directory should be enough for everybody(tm).
Tag: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: Architecture-independent Perl code should be placed in
<tt>/usr/share/perl5</tt>, not <tt>/usr/lib/perl5</tt>
unless there is at least one architecture-dependent file
@@ -640,6 +806,8 @@ Ref: perl-policy 2.3
Tag: file-in-usr-lib-site-python
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Ref: python-policy 1.4
Info: The directory /usr/lib/site-python has been deprecated as a
location for installing Python modules and may be dropped from Python's
@@ -649,12 +817,16 @@ Info: The directory /usr/lib/site-python has been deprecated as a
Tag: package-installs-python-pyc
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: Compiled python source files should not be included in the package.
These files should be removed from the package and created at package
installation time in the postinst.
Tag: bad-permissions-for-ali-file
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: Ada Library Information (*.ali) files are required to be read-only
(mode 0444) by GNAT.
.
@@ -666,6 +838,8 @@ Info: Ada Library Information (*.ali) files are required to be read-only
Tag: package-contains-readme-for-other-platform-or-distro
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: package contains a README.(platform) file that contains instructions
specific to a platform or distribution other than Debian and thus can
most likely be removed. If it contains information that pertains to
@@ -674,6 +848,8 @@ Info: package contains a README.(platform) file that contains instructions
Tag: desktop-file-in-wrong-dir
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package contains a .desktop file in an obsolete directory.
According to the menu-spec draft on freedesktop.org, those .desktop files
that are intended to create a menu should be placed in
@@ -681,6 +857,8 @@ Info: The package contains a .desktop file in an obsolete directory.
Tag: file-in-usr-lib-cgi-bin
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: Packages shipping web server CGI files should install them in
<tt>/usr/lib/cgi-lib</tt>, not in <tt>/usr/lib/cgi-bin</tt>. This is
done to avoid conflicts with the cgi-bin script alias, which is reserved
@@ -690,6 +868,8 @@ Ref: policy 11.5
Tag: script-with-language-extension
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: When scripts are installed into a directory in the system PATH, the
script name should not include an extension such as <tt>.sh</tt> or
<tt>.pl</tt> that denotes the scripting language currently used to
@@ -700,6 +880,8 @@ Ref: policy 10.4
Tag: file-in-usr-lib-sgml
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Ref: fhs theusrhierarchy
Info: This package installs a file in <tt>/usr/lib/sgml</tt>. This was
the old location for SGML catalogs and similar flies. All those files
@@ -707,6 +889,8 @@ Info: This package installs a file in <tt>/usr/lib/sgml</tt>. This was
Tag: file-name-ends-in-whitespace
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: possible
Info: This package installs a file or directory whose name ends in
whitespace. This might be intentional but it's normally a mistake. If
it is intentional, add a lintian override.
@@ -716,6 +900,8 @@ Info: This package installs a file or directory whose name ends in
Tag: package-contains-empty-directory
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: possible
Info: This package installs an empty directory. This might be intentional
but it's normally a mistake. If it is intentional, add a lintian override.
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@@ -726,6 +912,8 @@ Info: This package installs an empty directory. This might be intentional
Tag: package-section-games-but-contains-no-game
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Ref: policy 11.11
Info: This package is marked as part of the section games, but doesn't
contain files in <tt>/usr/games</tt>. Binaries of games must be installed
@@ -733,6 +921,8 @@ Info: This package is marked as part of the section games, but doesn't
Tag: package-section-games-but-has-usr-bin
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: possible
Ref: policy 11.11
Info: This package is marked as part of the section games, but contains
exectuables in <tt>/bin</tt> or <tt>/usr/bin/</tt>. This can be intentional,
@@ -740,6 +930,8 @@ Info: This package is marked as part of the section games, but contains
Tag: package-contains-devhelp-file-without-symlink
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: This package contains a *.devhelp or *.devhelp2 file which is not in
the devhelp search path (<tt>/usr/share/devhelp/books</tt> and
<tt>/usr/share/gtk-doc/html</tt>) and is apparently not in a directory
@@ -752,6 +944,8 @@ Info: This package contains a *.devhelp or *.devhelp2 file which is not in
Tag: debug-package-should-be-named-dbg
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: This package provides at least one file in <tt>/usr/lib/debug</tt>,
which is intended for detached debugging symbols, but the package name
does not end in "-dbg". Detached debugging symbols should be put into a
@@ -760,6 +954,8 @@ Ref: devref 6.7.9
Tag: package-contains-linda-override
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: This package contains a linda override file in
<tt>/usr/share/linda/overrides</tt>. Linda is obsolete and has been
removed from the archive as of 2008-03-04. Linda overrides should
@@ -767,6 +963,8 @@ Info: This package contains a linda override file in
Tag: wrong-file-owner-uid-or-gid
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: The user or group ID of the owner of the file is invalid. The
owner user and group IDs must be in the set of globally allocated
IDs, because other IDs are dynamically allocated and might be used
@@ -777,6 +975,8 @@ Ref: policy 9.2
Tag: embedded-javascript-library
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: This package contains an embedded copy of the JQuery, Prototype,
Mochikit or "Cropper" JavaScript libraries that are now available in their
own packages. Please depend on the appropriate package and symlink the
@@ -785,6 +985,8 @@ Ref: policy 4.13
Tag: embedded-feedparser-library
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: This package contains an embedded copy of Mark Pilgrim's Universal
Feed Parser. Please depend on the "python-feedparser" package and symlink
the library into the appropriate location.
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