Bug#867673: [checks/cruft] Microsoft help files can be built using free software

[Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>]

Hi,

>  * Lintian currently says that "There is Linux software to read them and
>  an incomplete FreePascal related project to create them", but Halibut
>  >= 1.2 can create them, so the implication that there is no complete
>  free software to create them should be corrected.

I've changed that here:

  https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=c532f80594b387f7e26d30cf7246055b07e4ef50

> * The cruft check should exclude files generated by such free software.
>   As a first pass I'd suggest excluding files that contain the string
>   "Halibut,".

… but unfortunately I can't see a tidy way of doing this using the
./data/cruft/warn-file-type machinery.

Any ideas?

My quick-and-dirty testcase is:

  --- a/t/tests/cruft-general-upstream/pre_upstream
  +++ b/t/tests/cruft-general-upstream/pre_upstream
  @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ printf 
  "MZ\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0
   # use old magic \001\000\000\000 part is optional but needed with old file
   printf "ITSF\003\000\000\000\140\000\000\000\001\000\000\000" > "${dir}/fake-help-file.chm"

  +# .chm files with "Halibut" are probably generated by free software
  +printf "ITSF\003\000\000\000\140\000\000\000\001\000\000\000Halibut," > "${dir}/fake-help-file-halibut.chm"
  +
   printf "CWS\011    x" > "${dir}/fakeflash.swf"
   echo '//comment' > "${dir}/fake.min.js"
   # Make python generate python bytecode files


Regards,

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