Bug#574771: lintian: [new check] Warning about files/symlinks called "*" or "*.$ext"

[Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>]

Hi,

Niels Thykier wrote:
> 
> A restructure of a debian/rules file lead to one of my packages containing
> symlinks called "usr/share/java/*" and "usr/share/java/*.jar" pointing
> to "../../lib/eclipse/plugins/*" and "../../lib/eclipse/plugins/*.jar"
> respectively.
>   I think it is fairly safe to assume that this is an issue if there are
> no overrides.

I'm adding a check only for files called '*' and not '*.ext.' There are, 
odd, legitimate uses for the latter kind of names currently in the archive.

Cheers,
-- 
Raphael Geissert - Debian Developer
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