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[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.5.4-92-g9a8b570



The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 9a8b5709d7cc0bc8df7d0c47c66d29ce340b0ed9
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Thu Jan 19 14:25:25 2012 +0100

    Explicitly say that profile directories are searched in order
    
    Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>

diff --git a/doc/lintian.xml b/doc/lintian.xml
index 575ad08..cf71bee 100644
--- a/doc/lintian.xml
+++ b/doc/lintian.xml
@@ -737,6 +737,13 @@ foo [!any-i386] binary: some-tag-not-for-i386 optional-extra
           subdirectories of the directories above for Lintian
           to recognise them.
         </para>
+        <para>
+          The directories are checking in the listed order and the
+          first file matching the profile will be used.  This allows
+          users to override a system profile by putting one with the
+          same filename
+          in <filename>$HOME/.lintian/profiles</filename>.
+        </para>
       </sect2>
       <sect2 label="2.5.2" id="section-2.5.2">
         <title>Profile syntax and semantics</title>

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