Bug#637596: unknown section otherosfs contradicts informational text
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.2
Severity: minor
Hi,
just saw this lintian warning:
W: faumachine: unknown-section otherosfs
N:
N: The "Section:" field in this package's control file is not one of the
N: sections in use on the ftp archive. Valid sections are currently admin,
N: comm, cli-mono, database, debug, devel, doc, editors, electronics,
N: embedded, fonts, games, gnome, gnu-r, gnustep, graphics, hamradio,
N: haskell, httpd, interpreters, java, kde, libdevel, libs, lisp,
N: localization, kernel, mail, math, misc, net, news, ocaml, oldlibs,
N: otherosfs, perl, php, python, ruby, science, shells, sound, tex, text,
N: utils, vcs, video, web, x11, xfce, zope.
N:
N: The section name should be preceded by "non-free/" if the package is in
N: the non-free archive area, and by "contrib/" if the package is in the
N: contrib archive area.
N:
N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 2.4 (Sections) for details.
N:
N: Severity: normal, Certainty: certain
N:
N: Check: fields, Type: binary, udeb, source
Somehow the information contradicts the warning.
P.S.: Maybe this check is there to ensure that no AI will ever upload? :).
Cheers and thanks for your work on lintian,
Stefan.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii binutils 2.21.53.20110805-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii bzip2 1.0.5-6 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii diffstat 1.54-1 produces graph of changes introduc
ii file 5.04-5+b1 Determines file type using "magic"
ii gettext 0.18.1.1-4 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 libdpkg-perl 1.16.0.3 Dpkg perl modules
ii libemail-valid-perl 0.184-1 Perl module for checking the valid
ii libipc-run-perl 0.90-1 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 2.13-14 Embedded GNU C Library: National L
ii man-db 2.6.0.2-2 on-line manual pager
ii perl [libdigest-sha-p 5.12.4-2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii unzip 6.0-5 De-archiver for .zip files
lintian recommends no packages.
Versions of packages lintian suggests:
pn binutils-multiarch <none> (no description available)
ii dpkg-dev 1.16.0.3 Debian package development tools
ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.68-1+b1 collection of modules that parse H
ii libtext-template-perl 1.45-2 Text::Template perl module
ii man-db 2.6.0.2-2 on-line manual pager
ii xz-utils 5.0.0-2 XZ-format compression utilities
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