Bug#513795: "Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match" with lintian 2.2.1

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Subject: Bug#513795: "Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match" with lintian 2.2.1
From: Giuseppe Iuculano <giuseppe@iuculano.it>
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:52:30 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20090201105230.24285.4302.reportbug@localhost>
Reply-to: Giuseppe Iuculano <giuseppe@iuculano.it>, 513795@bugs.debian.org

Package: lintian
Version: 2.2.1
Severity: important

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Hi,

with lintian 2.2.1 I have this error (and false warnings):

# lintian -iIvE --pedantic \
# /var/cache/pbuilder/result/unstable/gsmartcontrol_0.8.3-1_i386.changes 
N: Setting up lab in /tmp/XW5Bsq34Mb ...
N: Processing changes file gsmartcontrol_0.8.3-1_i386.changes ...
N: Processing 2 packages...
N: ----
N: Processing source package gsmartcontrol (version 0.8.3-1) ...
N: ----
N: Processing binary package gsmartcontrol (version 0.8.3-1) ...
W: gsmartcontrol: copyright-refers-to-versionless-license-file
usr/share/common-licenses/GPL
N: 
N:    The copyright file refers to the versionless symlink in
N:    /usr/share/common-licenses for the full text of the GPL, LGPL, or
GFDL
N:    license, but the package does not appear to allow distribution
under
N:    later versions of the license. This symlink will change with each
N:    release of a new version of the license and may therefore point to
a
N:    different version than the package is released under.
debian/copyright
N:    should instead refers to the specific version of the license that
the
N:    package references.
N:    
N:    For example, if the package says something like "you can
redistribute it
N:    and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as
N:    published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June,
1991,"
N:    the debian/copyright file should refer to
N:    /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2, not /GPL.
N:    
N:    Severity: normal, Certainty: possible
N: 
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 165.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 170.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 175.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 182.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in length at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 189.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in length at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 197.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in length at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 202.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 209.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 218.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 242.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 249.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 253.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 257.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 261.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 264.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 268.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 273.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 276.
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 282.
W: gsmartcontrol: copyright-without-copyright-notice
N: 
N:    The copyright file for this package does not appear to contain a
N:    copyright notice. You should copy the copyright notice from the
upstream
N:    source (or add one of your own for a native package). A copyright
notice
N:    must consist of Copyright, Copr., or the Unicode symbol of C in a
circle
N:    followed by the years and the copyright holder. A copyright notice
is
N:    not required for a work to be copyrighted, but Debian requires the
N:    copyright file include the authors and years of copyright, and
including
N:    a valid copyright notice is the best way to do that.
N:    
N:    If the package is in the public domain rather than copyrighted, be
sure
N:    to mention "public domain" in the copyright file. Please be aware
that
N:    this is very rare and not the same as a DFSG-free license. True
public
N:    domain software is generally limited to such special cases as a
work
N:    product of a United States government agency.
N:    
N:    Refer to http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html for details.
N:    
N:    Severity: normal, Certainty: certain
N: 
Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at
/usr/share/lintian/checks/copyright-file line 292.
N: Removing /tmp/XW5Bsq34Mb ...



- -- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
  APT policy: (990, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii  binutils            2.18.1~cvs20080103-7 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  diffstat            1.45-2               produces graph of changes introduc
ii  dpkg-dev            1.14.24              Debian package development tools
ii  file                4.26-1               Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gettext             0.17-4               GNU Internationalization utilities
ii  intltool-debian     0.35.0+20060710.1    Help i18n of RFC822 compliant conf
ii  libdigest-sha-perl  5.47-1               Perl extension for SHA-1/224/256/3
ii  libipc-run-perl     0.80-2               Perl module for running processes
ii  libparse-debianchan 1.1.1-2              parse Debian changelogs and output
ii  libtimedate-perl    1.1600-9             Time and date functions for Perl
ii  liburi-perl         1.35.dfsg.1-1        Manipulates and accesses URI strin
ii  man-db              2.5.2-3              on-line manual pager
ii  perl [libdigest-sha 5.10.0-19            Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

lintian recommends no packages.

Versions of packages lintian suggests:
ii  binutils-multiarch  2.18.1~cvs20080103-7 Binary utilities that support mult
ii  libtext-template-pe 1.44-1.2             Text::Template perl module
ii  man-db              2.5.2-3              on-line manual pager

- -- no debconf information

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