[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.2.6-85-g7a9a44b
The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit e681bf87c1d8439e377a70fe9f4a8760efe4ebe3
Author: Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com>
Date: Sun Mar 8 21:21:17 2009 -0600
Update documentation to reality
Document the Version field of collection scripts and remove Output. Add
pedantic to the description of Lintian tags. Document pendantic in the
Lintian manual. Document the strings collect script in the lintian man
page.
diff --git a/doc/desc-files b/doc/desc-files
index 7f03567..fa49bc5 100644
--- a/doc/desc-files
+++ b/doc/desc-files
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Description record for collection scripts:
Info: <description of what this script does>
Type: comma-separated list of <binary | source | udeb>
Unpack-Level: <1 | 2>
- Output: <a file that's generated by this script>
+ Version: <integer to be bumped when a change that requires script to be re-run is made>
Order: <order--necessary if this script needs info from other scripts, see Needs-Info>
Needs-Info: <info this scripts needs from other collector scripts>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Description record for checks scripts:
Description record of a Lintian tag:
Tag: <tag>
- Severity: <serious | important | normal | minor | wishlist>
+ Severity: <serious | important | normal | minor | wishlist | pedantic>
Certainty: <certain | possible | wild-guess>
Info: <description of this tag>
Ref: <reference>
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ Description record of a test case:
[ Author: <maintainer for control and changelog> ]
[ Architecture: <architecture for control> ]
[ Section: <section for package> ]
+ [ Options: <options to pass to lintian> ]
diff --git a/doc/lintian.sgml b/doc/lintian.sgml
index 34ed219..4460755 100644
--- a/doc/lintian.sgml
+++ b/doc/lintian.sgml
@@ -354,7 +354,14 @@ They are not displayed unless the <tt>-E</tt> option is set.
<em>Warning</em> or <em>Error</em> message which has been
<em>overridden</em> (see below). They are not displayed unless
the <tt>--show-overrides</tt> option is set.
+<p>
+
+<tag><em>Pedantic (P)</em>
+<item>The displayed message indicates a message of Lintian at its most pickiest
+and include checks for particular Debian packaging styles, checks that are
+very frequently wrong, and checks that many people disagree with.
+They are not displayed unless the <tt>--pedantic</tt> option is set.
<p>
</taglist>
diff --git a/man/lintian.1 b/man/lintian.1
index 49bb48e..839ec1f 100644
--- a/man/lintian.1
+++ b/man/lintian.1
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ into the lintian directory (below \fBdoc\-base\fR).
.B file\-info
Collect the output of the
.BR file (1)
-utility for each file in a binary package.
+utility for each file in a binary, udeb, and source package.
.TP
.B init.d
@@ -641,6 +641,12 @@ Collect information about scripts in binary package.
Collects information about binary packages from debian/control
in source packages
+.TP
+.B strings
+Collect the output of the
+.BR strings (1)
+utility for each non-debug ELF object in a binary package.
+
.SH FILES
Lintian looks for its configuration file in the following locations:
.TP
--
Debian package checker
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