[lintian] 01/02: Also note that unused-override can be triggered if Lintian adds/modifies supplementary tag metadata.

[Chris Lamb <chris@chris-lamb.co.uk>]

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commit 58a691851021b9f96b16c7c3b653f05b3674bbf3
Author: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Dec 26 14:31:12 2017 +0000

    Also note that unused-override can be triggered if Lintian adds/modifies supplementary tag metadata.
---
 checks/lintian.desc | 3 +++
 debian/changelog    | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/checks/lintian.desc b/checks/lintian.desc
index afdcb5c..21b0be2 100644
--- a/checks/lintian.desc
+++ b/checks/lintian.desc
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Info: Lintian discovered an unused override entry in its database.
  architectures.  In this case, the override may need an architecture
  qualifier.
  .
+ Alternatively, the additional information provided by Lintian in the
+ tag's output may changed since the override was last modified.
+ .
  If the override is unused, please remove it from the overrides file.
 
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6c6223b..7f00572 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ lintian (2.5.66) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * checks/init.d.{pm,desc}:
     + [CL] Don't emit init.d-script-needs-depends-on-lsb-base if the
       package ships a Systemd service file.  (Closes: #864999)
+  * checks/lintian.desc:
+    + [CL] Also note that unused-override can be triggered if Lintian
+      adds/modifies supplementary tag metadata.
   * checks/obsolete-sites.pm:
     + [CL] Ignore commented-out lines to avoid false-positives where the
       maintainer references the old location.  (Closes: #806237)

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