I also created an alternative implementation: * https://github.com/ottok/lintian/commit/a5dad829d31ffa565798b895b5a2bcddfba10abc * formatted: https://github.com/ottok/lintian/commit/a5dad829d31ffa565798b895b5a2bcddfba10abc.patch Passed on https://travis-ci.org/ottok/lintian/builds/162106794