Bug#478930: errors while using the check files under Ubuntu/Hardy
On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 07:04:48PM -0500, Paul Gevers wrote:
> I am not sure if I am doing things with these files which I am not
> supposed to do (I use Ubuntu/Hardy lintian on my sid package), but I get
> the following output. It look to me that find errors are a bug? I put in
> one instance each file on a new line (with the first line empty after
> "Files:", might that be the problem? And why do the checks try to
> execute the xpm file? The source of my package are available at [1].
>
> paul@etna /var/cache/pbuilder/sid-i386/result $ lintian -I -i
> winff_0.42-2_i*
> W: winff source: debian-copyright-unknown-field packaged-by
> N:
> N: The package contains a copyright file that has an unknown field.
> N:
> W: winff source: debian-copyright-unknown-field packaged-date
> find: paths must precede expression
> Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
> sh: debian/winff.xpm: Permission denied
> find: paths must precede expression
> Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
> find: paths must precede expression
> Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
> find: paths must precede expression
> Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
> find: paths must precede expression
> Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
> find: missing argument to `-path'
> sh: debian/winff.xpm: Permission denied
I can reproduce that with sid's lintian nor with hardy's lintian
on a sid system.
It might be helpful if you could add --debug to above commandline
and provide the output.
Gruesse,
--
Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
www: http://www.djpig.de/
Reply to: