Bug#888413: lintian: Don't consider README file under debian/patches as patch file

To: Vasudev Kamath <vasudev@copyninja.info>, 888413@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#888413: lintian: Don't consider README file under debian/patches as patch file
From: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 15:24:55 +0530
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tags 888413 + pending
thanks

Hi Vasudev,

> Please do not consider README file under debian/patches folder as
> a patch file. 

Thanks for the report! This was already fixed a few days ago in Git
here:

  https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=4533a5092fe7b9b7e3f8bda2829995a6111906b9

:)


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