[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.4.3-113-ga91c08e

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Subject: [SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.4.3-113-ga91c08e
From: "Niels Thykier" <niels@thykier.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:00:52 +0000
Message-id: <E1PameK-0006Wc-2d@alioth.debian.org>
The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit bc57f46ca5f29f029dd3b9c011cd21575395cdb0
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Thu Jan 6 10:50:55 2011 +0100

    Added or updated the "Info" field in various collections and checks
    as a prelude to auto-generating the lintian pod file from the desc
    files.

diff --git a/checks/changelog-file.desc b/checks/changelog-file.desc
index 3c585fa..6da8042 100644
--- a/checks/changelog-file.desc
+++ b/checks/changelog-file.desc
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ Info: This script checks if a binary package conforms to policy
  with regards to changelog files.
  .
  Each binary package with a /usr/share/doc/&lt;foo&gt; directory must have
- a Debian changelog file in "changelog.Debian.gz" unless the Debian
+ a Debian changelog file in <tt>changelog.Debian.gz</tt> unless the Debian
  changelog and the upstream one is the same file; in this case, it
- must be in "changelog.gz".
+ must be in <tt>changelog.gz</tt>.
  .
  If there is an upstream changelog file, it must be named
  "changelog.gz".
diff --git a/checks/control-files.desc b/checks/control-files.desc
index f34e955..02b5ab4 100644
--- a/checks/control-files.desc
+++ b/checks/control-files.desc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Check-Script: control-files
 Author: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
 Abbrev: ctl
 Type: binary, udeb
+Info: Check for unknown control files in the binary package.
 
 Tag: unknown-control-file
 Severity: normal
diff --git a/checks/debian-readme.desc b/checks/debian-readme.desc
index 740e672..3224b48 100644
--- a/checks/debian-readme.desc
+++ b/checks/debian-readme.desc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Author: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>
 Abbrev: drm
 Type: binary
 Needs-Info: debian-readme
-Info: This script checks the README.Debian file for various problems.
+Info: This script checks the <tt>README.Debian</tt> file for various problems.
 
 Tag: readme-debian-mentions-usr-doc
 Severity: normal
diff --git a/checks/description.desc b/checks/description.desc
index 99cf9d4..225c419 100644
--- a/checks/description.desc
+++ b/checks/description.desc
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Check-Script: description
 Author: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
 Abbrev: des
 Type: binary, udeb
+Info: Check if the Description control field of a binary package conforms
+ to the rules in the Policy Manual (section 3.4).
 
 Tag: package-has-no-description
 Severity: serious
diff --git a/checks/etcfiles.desc b/checks/etcfiles.desc
index 6bbed0d..b992bd5 100644
--- a/checks/etcfiles.desc
+++ b/checks/etcfiles.desc
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Check-Script: etcfiles
 Author: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <shaleh@debian.org>
 Abbrev: etc
 Type: binary
+Info: Checks if all files in /etc that are shipped with the package are
+ marked as conffiles as required by policy.
 
 Tag: file-in-etc-not-marked-as-conffile
 Severity: serious
diff --git a/checks/init.d.desc b/checks/init.d.desc
index 1bca796..f53c1b8 100644
--- a/checks/init.d.desc
+++ b/checks/init.d.desc
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Check-Script: init.d
 Author: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
 Abbrev: ini
 Type: binary
+Info: Check if a binary package conforms to policy with respect to
+ scripts in /etc/init.d.
 Needs-Info: init.d
 
 Tag: duplicate-updaterc.d-calls-in-postinst
diff --git a/checks/menu-format.desc b/checks/menu-format.desc
index 8c82f0f..c691ed7 100644
--- a/checks/menu-format.desc
+++ b/checks/menu-format.desc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Author: Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
 Abbrev: mnf
 Needs-Info: unpacked, menu-files
 Type: binary
-Info: This script validates the format of menu files.
+Info: This script validates the format of <b>menu</b> files.
 
 Tag: old-format-menu-file
 Severity: important
diff --git a/checks/menus.desc b/checks/menus.desc
index 51451ea..3568bd0 100644
--- a/checks/menus.desc
+++ b/checks/menus.desc
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Check-Script: menus
 Author: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
 Abbrev: men
 Type: binary
+Info: Check if a binary package conforms to policy with respect to
+ <b>menu</b> and <b>doc-base</b> files.
 Needs-Info: doc-base-files
 
 Tag: postinst-should-not-set-usr-doc-link
diff --git a/checks/po-debconf.desc b/checks/po-debconf.desc
index b8f8540..ac39798 100644
--- a/checks/po-debconf.desc
+++ b/checks/po-debconf.desc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Check-Script: po-debconf
 Author: Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org>
 Abbrev: pd
 Type: source
-Info: This looks for common mistakes in packages using po-debconf.
+Info: This looks for common mistakes in packages using po-debconf(7).
 Needs-Info: debfiles
 
 Tag: not-using-po-debconf
diff --git a/checks/version-substvars.desc b/checks/version-substvars.desc
index bb47d0a..8d5fa5e 100644
--- a/checks/version-substvars.desc
+++ b/checks/version-substvars.desc
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ Author: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
 Abbrev: v-s
 Type: source
 Needs-Info: debfiles, source-control-file
-Info: This script checks for correct use of the various *Version
- substvars, e.g. deprecated substvars, or usage that can cause
- un-binNMUability
+Info: This script checks for correct use of the various
+ <tt>*Version</tt> substvars, e.g. deprecated substvars,
+ or usage that can cause un-binNMUability
 
 Tag: not-binnmuable-any-depends-any
 Severity: important
diff --git a/collection/copyright-file.desc b/collection/copyright-file.desc
index e0ae131..beda287 100644
--- a/collection/copyright-file.desc
+++ b/collection/copyright-file.desc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Collector-Script: copyright-file
 Author: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>
-Info: This script copies the "copyright" file of a package into the
+Info: This script copies the <tt>copyright</tt> file of a package into the
  lintian directory.
 Type: binary
 Version: 1
diff --git a/collection/debian-readme.desc b/collection/debian-readme.desc
index d792c75..0fd103d 100644
--- a/collection/debian-readme.desc
+++ b/collection/debian-readme.desc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Collector-Script: debian-readme
 Author: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>
-Info: This script copies the 'README.Debian' file of a package into the lintian directory.
+Info: This script copies the <tt>README.Debian</tt> file of a package into
+ the lintian directory.
 Type: binary
 Version: 1
 Needs-Info: unpacked
diff --git a/collection/file-info.desc b/collection/file-info.desc
index ca6f615..0bed903 100644
--- a/collection/file-info.desc
+++ b/collection/file-info.desc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Collector-Script: file-info
 Author: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>
-Info: This script runs the "file" command over all files of any kind of package.
+Info: This script runs the file(1) command over all files of any kind of package.
 Type: binary, udeb, source
 Version: 1
 Needs-Info: unpacked
diff --git a/collection/init.d.desc b/collection/init.d.desc
index de7e7d3..d56c188 100644
--- a/collection/init.d.desc
+++ b/collection/init.d.desc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Collector-Script: init.d
 Author: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>
-Info: This script copies the "etc/init.d" directory into the lintian
+Info: This script copies the etc/init.d directory into the lintian
  directory.
 Type: binary
 Version: 1
diff --git a/collection/md5sums.desc b/collection/md5sums.desc
index 2697eb6..e47f8a1 100644
--- a/collection/md5sums.desc
+++ b/collection/md5sums.desc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Collector-Script: md5sums
 Author: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>
-Info: This script runs the "md5sums" over all files in a binary package.
+Info: This script runs the md5sums(1) over all files in a binary package.
 Type: binary, udeb
 Version: 1
 Needs-Info: unpacked
diff --git a/collection/objdump-info.desc b/collection/objdump-info.desc
index f3af27a..082ab1f 100644
--- a/collection/objdump-info.desc
+++ b/collection/objdump-info.desc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Collector-Script: objdump-info
 Author: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
-Info: This script runs "objdump" over all binaries and object files of a
+Info: This script runs objdump(1) over all binaries and object files of a
  binary package.
 Type: binary, udeb
 Version: 1
diff --git a/collection/override-file.desc b/collection/override-file.desc
index b1414f4..8f481e8 100644
--- a/collection/override-file.desc
+++ b/collection/override-file.desc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Collector-Script: override-file
 Author: Darren Benham <gecko@debian.org>
-Info: This script copies the "override" file of a package into the lintian
- directory.
+Info: This script copies the <tt>override</tt> file of a package into the
+ lintian directory.
 Type: binary, udeb, source
 Version: 1
 Needs-Info: unpacked
diff --git a/collection/strings.desc b/collection/strings.desc
index 3d2dcfc..0684294 100644
--- a/collection/strings.desc
+++ b/collection/strings.desc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Collector-Script: strings
 Author: Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com>
-Info: This script runs the "strings" command over all files of a binary
+Info: This script runs the strings(1) command over all files of a binary
  package.
 Type: binary, udeb
 Version: 1

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