Bug#629193: lintian: Unclear difference between source and binary for overrides
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.0
Severity: normal
Hello,
my description will sound like a question (and is also one) but I think it
should be better explained in the documentation
file:///usr/share/doc/lintian/lintian.html/section-2.4.html
The question is how to make the difference between a binary and a source
issue. For example, I get always the same result with the 3 following calls
(knowing that source and binary have the same package name):
$ lintian freeplane_1.1.3-1_i386.changes
W: freeplane: missing-classpath libcommons-lang-java, libjgoodies-forms-java, libbatik-java, libxerces2-java, libxml-commons-external-java, libjaxp1.3-java, libjlatexmath-java, libknopflerfish-osgi-framework-java, libjortho-freeplane-java
$ lintian -b freeplane_1.1.3-1_i386.changes
W: freeplane: missing-classpath libcommons-lang-java, libjgoodies-forms-java, libbatik-java, libxerces2-java, libxml-commons-external-java, libjaxp1.3-java, libjlatexmath-java, libknopflerfish-osgi-framework-java, libjortho-freeplane-java
$ lintian -s freeplane_1.1.3-1_i386.changes
W: freeplane: missing-classpath libcommons-lang-java, libjgoodies-forms-java, libbatik-java, libxerces2-java, libxml-commons-external-java, libjaxp1.3-java, libjlatexmath-java, libknopflerfish-osgi-framework-java, libjortho-freeplane-java
So, how do I know what I have for an issue type? and if the issue is considered
to impact binary _and_ source, should I override both?
OK, I ran lintian in debug mode, so I guess that it's a binary issue, but
I think my questions remain valid, AND why does then '-s' give a result?
Final question: why not output binary|source information in the same format
as for the override file? That would make things a lot easier...
Thanks, Eric
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-bpo.2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii binutils 2.21.51.20110523-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii diffstat 1.54-1 produces graph of changes introduc
ii dpkg-dev 1.16.0.3 Debian package development tools
ii file 5.04-5+b1 Determines file type using "magic"
ii gettext 0.18.1.1-3 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1 Help i18n of RFC822 compliant conf
ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.24+b2 Perl interface to libapt-pkg
ii libclass-accessor-per 0.34-1 Perl module that automatically gen
ii libemail-valid-perl 0.184-1 Perl module for checking the valid
ii libipc-run-perl 0.89-1 Perl module for running processes
ii libparse-debianchange 1.2.0-1 parse Debian changelogs and output
ii libtimedate-perl 1.2000-1 collection of modules to manipulat
ii liburi-perl 1.58-1 module to manipulate and access UR
ii locales 2.13-4 Embedded GNU C Library: National L
ii man-db 2.6.0.2-1 on-line manual pager
ii perl [libdigest-sha-p 5.12.3-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii unzip 6.0-4 De-archiver for .zip files
lintian recommends no packages.
Versions of packages lintian suggests:
pn binutils-multiarch <none> (no description available)
ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.68-1+b1 collection of modules that parse H
pn libtext-template-perl <none> (no description available)
ii man-db 2.6.0.2-1 on-line manual pager
-- no debconf information
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