[SCM] Debian package checker branch, wheezy, updated. 2.5.10.1-4-g6f801f0

["Niels Thykier" <niels@thykier.net>]

The following commit has been merged in the wheezy branch:
commit c4abeb7aa70c12c910811e27bfa7c2a4ea1a6399
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date:   Tue Aug 7 12:04:25 2012 +0200

    c/source-copyright: Mention that syntax errors hides tags
    
    Mention that a syntax error in the DEP-5 copyright file may hide other
    issues as Lintian will skip some checks on the file.
    
    Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>

diff --git a/checks/source-copyright.desc b/checks/source-copyright.desc
index 4a6ff26..de859b4 100644
--- a/checks/source-copyright.desc
+++ b/checks/source-copyright.desc
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ Certainty: possible
 Ref: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
 Info: The machine-readable copyright file didn't pass Debian control file
  syntax check.
+ .
+ This issue may hide other issues as Lintian skips some checks on the
+ file in this case.
 
 Tag: obsolete-field-in-dep5-copyright
 Severity: normal
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0191165..f8f3cba 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 lintian (2.5.10.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
+  * checks/source-copyright{,.desc}:
+    + [NT] Mention that syntax-error-in-dep5-copyright may hide
+      other issues as Lintian skips some DEP-5 checks in this case.
+      Thanks to Faheem Mitha for the report.
+
   * frontend/lintian:
     + [NT] Fix typo of identifier method, which causes Lintian to
       crash in case a "coll" cannot be started or it fails.

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