[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 1.24.4-57-gcfdcbc8
The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit cbb36c15870c6554b484a3ad53687c8fc8eabeac
Author: Jordà Polo <jorda@ettin.org>
Date: Wed Jul 30 17:24:07 2008 +0200
Add Severity/Certainty headers to "copyright-file" tags
diff --git a/checks/copyright-file.desc b/checks/copyright-file.desc
index 5da6493..61f33dd 100644
--- a/checks/copyright-file.desc
+++ b/checks/copyright-file.desc
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Info: This script checks if a binary package conforms to policy
Tag: no-copyright-file
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: Each binary package has to include a plain file
/usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/copyright
Ref: policy 12.5
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ Tested: empty
Tag: copyright-refers-to-old-directory
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The common licenses (GPL, BSD, Artistic, etc) have been moved from
/usr/doc/copyright to /usr/share/common-licenses.
Copyright files should be updated.
@@ -28,18 +32,24 @@ Ref: policy 12.5
Tag: copyright-file-compressed
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: The copyright file /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/copyright must not be
compressed.
Ref: policy 12.5
Tag: copyright-file-is-symlink
Type: error
+Severity: serious
+Certainty: certain
Info: The copyright file /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/copyright must not be a
symbolic link.
Ref: policy 12.5
Tag: copyright-file-contains-full-gpl-license
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The copyright file /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/copyright contains the
complete text of the GPL v2 or v3. It should refer to the file
<tt>/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2</tt> or <tt>GPL-3</tt> instead.
@@ -47,6 +57,8 @@ Ref: policy 12.5
Tag: copyright-file-contains-full-gfdl-license
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The copyright file /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/copyright contains the
complete text of the GFDL v1.2. It should refer to the file
<tt>/usr/share/common-licenses/GFDL-1.2</tt> instead.
@@ -54,6 +66,8 @@ Ref: policy 12.5
Tag: copyright-file-contains-full-apache-2-license
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The copyright file /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/copyright contains the
complete text of the Apache 2.0 license. It should refer to the file
<tt>/usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0</tt> instead.
@@ -61,6 +75,8 @@ Ref: policy 12.5
Tag: usr-share-doc-symlink-without-dependency
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: If the package installs a symbolic link /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg1</i> ->
<i>pkg2</i>, then <i>pkg1</i> has to depend on <i>pkg2</i> with the same
version as <i>pkg1</i>.
@@ -72,6 +88,8 @@ Ref: policy 12.5
Tag: usr-share-doc-symlink-to-foreign-package
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: If the package installs a symbolic link /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg1</i> ->
<i>pkg2</i>, then <i>pkg1</i> and <i>pkg2</i> must both come from the same
source package.
@@ -82,6 +100,8 @@ Ref: policy 12.5
Tag: cannot-check-whether-usr-share-doc-symlink-points-to-foreign-package
Type: info
+Severity: minor
+Certainty: possible
Info: There is a symlink /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg1</i> -> <i>pkg2</i>
in your package. This means that <i>pkg1</i> and <i>pkg2</i> must
both come from the same source package. I can't check this right now
@@ -91,12 +111,16 @@ Info: There is a symlink /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg1</i> -> <i>pkg2</i>
Tag: old-style-copyright-file
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The package installs a /usr/doc/copyright/<i>pkg</i> file. Instead,
you should place the copyright file in /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/copyright.
Ref: policy 12.5
Tag: old-fsf-address-in-copyright-file
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/copyright file refers to the old postal
address of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The new address is:
.
@@ -105,12 +129,16 @@ Info: The /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/copyright file refers to the old postal
Tag: helper-templates-in-copyright
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/copyright file still contains the template
contents from a packaging helper. Please include the actual license and
download information about the package.
Tag: copyright-refers-to-compressed-license
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/copyright file refers to a standard license
/usr/share/common-licenses/{GPL,LGPL,Artistic,BSD}.gz as a compressed
file. Please update the reference (the licenses are installed
@@ -118,12 +146,16 @@ Info: The /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/copyright file refers to a standard license
Tag: usr-share-doc-symlink-points-outside-of-usr-share-doc
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Info: The /usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i> symbolic link is pointing to a directory
outside of <tt>/usr/share/doc</tt>.
Ref: policy 12.5
Tag: copyright-does-not-refer-to-common-license-file
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: If your package uses any one of the licenses in
<tt>/usr/share/common-licenses</tt>, the copyright file should refer to
files therein.
@@ -131,12 +163,16 @@ Ref: policy 12.5
Tag: copyright-refers-to-incorrect-directory
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: certain
Ref: policy 12.5
Info: In the directory name /usr/share/common-licenses, licenses is spelled
with an `s', not as licences with a `c'.
Tag: copyright-file-lacks-pointer-to-perl-license
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: possible
Ref: policy 12.5
Info: If your package is released under the same terms as Perl itself,
it should refer to the Artistic and GPL license files in the
@@ -144,6 +180,8 @@ Info: If your package is released under the same terms as Perl itself,
Tag: copyright-should-refer-to-common-license-file-for-gpl
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: possible
Ref: policy 12.5
Info: The strings "GNU General Public License" or "GPL" appear in the
copyright file for this package, but the copyright file does not
@@ -157,6 +195,8 @@ Info: The strings "GNU General Public License" or "GPL" appear in the
Tag: copyright-should-refer-to-common-license-file-for-gfdl
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: possible
Ref: policy 12.5
Info: The strings "GNU Free Documentation License" or "GFDL" appear in the
copyright file for this package, but the copyright file does not
@@ -170,6 +210,8 @@ Info: The strings "GNU Free Documentation License" or "GFDL" appear in the
Tag: copyright-should-refer-to-common-license-file-for-lgpl
Type: error
+Severity: important
+Certainty: possible
Ref: policy 12.5
Info: The strings "GNU Lesser General Public License", "GNU Library
General Public License", or "LGPL" appear in the copyright file for this
@@ -184,6 +226,8 @@ Info: The strings "GNU Lesser General Public License", "GNU Library
Tag: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-with-dh_make-boilerplate
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: There is "Upstream Author(s)" in your copyright file. This was most
likely a remnant from the dh_make template.
.
@@ -195,6 +239,8 @@ Info: There is "Upstream Author(s)" in your copyright file. This was most
Tag: copyright-has-url-from-dh_make-boilerplate
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Ref: policy 12.5
Info: There is "url://example.com" in your copyright file. This was most
likely a remnant from the dh_make template.
@@ -204,6 +250,8 @@ Info: There is "url://example.com" in your copyright file. This was most
Tag: debian-copyright-file-uses-obsolete-national-encoding
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Info: The Debian copyright file should be valid UTF-8, an encoding of
the Unicode character set.
.
@@ -215,6 +263,8 @@ Info: The Debian copyright file should be valid UTF-8, an encoding of
Tag: copyright-contains-dh_make-todo-boilerplate
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Ref: policy 12.5
Info: The string "Please also look if..." appears in the copyright
file, which indicates that you either didn't check the whole source
@@ -223,6 +273,8 @@ Info: The string "Please also look if..." appears in the copyright
Tag: copyright-contains-dh-make-perl-boilerplate
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Ref: policy 12.5
Info: The string "This copyright info was automatically extracted..."
appears in the copyright file, which indicates that you either didn't
@@ -231,6 +283,8 @@ Info: The string "This copyright info was automatically extracted..."
Tag: copyright-without-copyright-notice
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: certain
Ref: http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html
Info: The copyright file for this package does not appear to contain a
copyright notice. You should copy the copyright notice from the upstream
@@ -249,12 +303,16 @@ Info: The copyright file for this package does not appear to contain a
Tag: spelling-error-in-copyright
Type: warning
+Severity: normal
+Certainty: possible
Info: Lintian found a spelling error in the copyright file. Lintian has a
list of common misspellings that it looks for. It does not have a
dictionary like a spelling checker does.
Tag: possible-gpl-code-linked-with-openssl
Type: warning
+Severity: important
+Certainty: wild-guess
Info: This package appears to be covered by the GNU GPL but depends on
the OpenSSL libssl package and does not mention a license exemption or
exception for OpenSSL in its copyright file. The GPL (including version
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