Bug#775355: lintian fails to parse certain packages

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

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On 2015-01-14 17:20, Dominik Schulz (tex) wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.5.22ubuntu1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> 
> Lintian failed to parse an (unofficial) package throwing Perl errors as seen below. A trivial fix is supplied below.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Suggested fix that allows the package in question be parsed:
> 
> [...]

Hi,

Thanks for reporting this.

Is said unofficial package available somewhere, or are you able to
produce a small test for it?

As it is, the code has changed quite a bit since 2.5.22 and 2.5.30
(current).  I suspect it has been fixed, but without a test I have no
way of asserting it.

If it has been fixed, you will have to file a bug in Ubuntu for getting
the fix backported into the relevant ubuntu release.

Thanks,
~Niels