Bug#631656: lintian: Please consider a check for long source file names
Hi folks,
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 02:21:12PM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote:
>On 2011-06-25 21:37, Nicholas Bamber wrote:
>> Package: lintian
>> Version: 2.5.0
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> As per bug #620827 we sometimes get complaints about long file names. This is related
>> to the production of hard media, so it is an issue of substance. It seems that this should be
>> a straightforward matter to check in lintian.
>>
>> -- System Information:
>> [...]
>
>Indeed, though ... as far as I read [1], long filenames for .deb files
>are also a problem. I sort of assume that .udebs should also be checked
>here. Steve, can you verify this or correct me?
Yup, you're correct. Basically, the file names of things that go on a
CD interest me:
.deb
.dsc
.diff.gz
.orig.tar.gz
.debian.tar.gz
.udeb
etc...
>For these CDs, are packages (debs) stored as they are on the mirror
>(e.g. $pkg_$ver_$arch.{,u}deb)? If so, I suspect the limit is really
>more like 80 - length($longest_arch_name)
Correct. I've reported bugs against a variety of packages so far, but
using relaxed criteria:
serious bugs for >90 characters (#620827)
minor bugs for >80 characters (#620830, #620831, #620832, #620833)
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
"When C++ is your hammer, everything looks like a thumb." -- Steven M. Haflich
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