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Bug#642833: [checks/source-copyright] use Config::Model



* jari <jari.aalto@cante.net>, 2011-09-25, 15:19:
|>       run config-edit -application dpkg-copyright -ui none
|>
|>And report "E:" if failed (with errors of the command displayed).
|
|What kind of mistakes Config::Model detects that lintian currently
|does not?

File debian/copyright exerpt:

   ...

   X-Note: info
   License: GPL-2+
    This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

Error

 Configuration item 'Files:"*" License short_name' has a wrong value:
 license GPL-2+ is not declared in main License section. Expected
 ...

I don't see anything[0] wrong with the copyright file you attached, and the error message in incomprehensible to me. (We probably don't want such cryptic messages in lintian...)

Care to explain us why Config::Model complains?


[0] Except that you shouldn't use X-prefixed fields. But that's not a syntax error.

--
Jakub Wilk



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