[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.2.17-15-g1228185

["Frank Lichtenheld" <djpig@debian.org>]

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit c5e27407eb11909c605136afd8419e9b44049b3a
Author: Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Oct 31 09:47:53 2009 +0100

    copyright-file: special case "perl" in no-copyright-file check
    
    * checks/copyright-file:
      + [FL] Add special exception to no-copyright-file for perl.
        See #522827 for discussion.  (Closes: #553262)

diff --git a/checks/copyright-file b/checks/copyright-file
index 11ab2d8..a776ee8 100644
--- a/checks/copyright-file
+++ b/checks/copyright-file
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ foreach (sort keys %{$info->index}) {
 }
 
 if (not $found) {
-    tag "no-copyright-file", "";
+    # #522827: special exception for perl for now
+    tag "no-copyright-file", ""
+      unless $pkg eq 'perl';
 }
 
 # check that copyright is UTF-8 encoded
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0842ee0..792de74 100755
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ lintian (2.2.18) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     + [ADB] Fix an uninitialised value warning when processing a
       -dev package which has no Depends: fields.  Thanks, Lucas
       Nussbaum.
+  * checks/copyright-file:
+    + [FL] Add special exception to no-copyright-file for perl.
+      See #522827 for discussion.  (Closes: #553262)
   * checks/cruft:
     + [FL] Add automake1.11 to list of autotools packages.  Thanks,
       Laurent Bigonville.  (Closes: #551051)

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