Bug#812507: [malformed-override] Test of lintian-overrides does not support type source

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

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Quote Jörg:
> [...]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> to override this warning
> 
> "W: bitz-server source: dbg-package-missing-depends libicap0-dbg"
> 
> 
> I write into lintian-overrides:
> 
> "bitz-server source: dbg-package-missing-depends"
> 

Was that "debian/source/lintian-overrides" ?

> Then I get this error:
> "E: bitz-server: malformed-override Override of dbg-package-missing-depends for
> package type source (expecting binary) at line 1"
> 

If you put it in "debian/lintian-overrides" (note the missing "source/")
then both lintian and debhelper will assume you meant it was a overrides
file for a binary package.

> Testing with the override:
> "bitz-server binary: dbg-package-missing-depends"
> 
> no error displayed.
> 
> So I think thats the type "source" is the problem. But it is requested.
> 
> CU
> Jörg
> 
> 
> [...]

Thanks,
~Niels