[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.3.0-21-g30003da
The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 30003dacadbeb1bb0126dafc034964fd6f54f996
Author: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
Date: Wed Dec 30 14:13:25 2009 +0000
Correct the documentation of --tags-from-file in lintian(1)
The file referenced by --tags-from-file contains a list of tags which may
be issued, not a list of tags to suppress as the manpage claimed.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 30030f8..bfa59e3 100755
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ lintian (2.3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+ [RG] Document deprecation of unpack levels.
+ [ADB] Add the new "unpacked" collection script to the list of such
scripts.
+ + [ADB] Correct the documentation of --tags-from-file to indicate that
+ the file contains tags to issue, not suppress.
* reporting/templates/maintainer.tmpl:
+ [RA] Fix the logic to optionally display the archive area of
diff --git a/man/lintian.1 b/man/lintian.1
index dcc8f46..68107e1 100644
--- a/man/lintian.1
+++ b/man/lintian.1
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Same functionality as
.BR \-\-tags ,
but read the list of tags from a file. Blank lines and lines beginning
with # are ignored. All other lines are taken to be tag names or
-comma-separated lists of tag names to suppress.
+comma-separated lists of tag names to (potentially) issue.
.TP
.BR \-F ", " \-\-ftp\-master\-rejects
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ will not affect the exit status of Lintian.
.BR \-\-suppress\-tags\-from\-file " file"
Suppress all tags listed in the given file. Blank lines and lines
beginning with # are ignored. All other lines are taken to be tag names
-or comma-separated lists of tag nams to suppress. The suppressed tags
+or comma-separated lists of tag names to suppress. The suppressed tags
will not be reported if they occur and will not affect the exit status of
Lintian.
--
Debian package checker
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