Bug#876434: [new check] detect outdated use of dpkg-parsechangelog | grep

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Subject: Bug#876434: [new check] detect outdated use of dpkg-parsechangelog | grep
From: Chris West <debian@fau.xxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 09:48:02 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20170922084802.GA32390@blind.goeswhere.com>
Reply-to: Chris West <debian@fau.xxx>, 876434@bugs.debian.org

Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.53
Priority: wishlist

Dear maintainer,

Many packages contain invocations such as:

DEB_VERSION=$(shell dpkg-changelog | grep '^Version' | cut ...)

https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=path%3Adebian%2Frules+shell+dpkg-parsechangelog

Since dpkg 1.17 (available in "oldstable" as of today), this can better
be written as:

DEB_VERSION=$(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -SVersion)

Or:
include /usr/share/dpkg/pkg-info.mk; $(DEB_VERSION)


Please inform people that they should prefer the new syntax.

Cheers,
Chris.

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