Bug#672284: lintian: False positive: no-debian-copyright when packages supply debian/$pkgname.copyright

[Emanuele Rocca <ema@debian.org>]

On 09/05 07:51, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Emanuele Rocca <ema@debian.org>, 2012-05-09, 19:23:
> >lintian reports a no-debian-copyright warning for packages that
> >supply a copyright file in debian/$pkgname.copyright
> 
> This is correct. It's a violation of Policy §12.5: “A copy of the
> file which will be installed in ‘/usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright’
> should be in ‘debian/copyright’ in the source package.”

I see. Than maybe lintian could detect this violation of the Policy and
emit a separate tag for packages that ship copyright files under
debian/$pkgname.copyright rather than debian/copyright?

Thanks,
  Emanuele