[lintian] 01/03: Improve the description of package-does-not-install-examples to give more debhelper advice.
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commit ba9a1c7d0edf1653ea554d90c2154a3b4601f52b
Author: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
Date: Wed Feb 7 08:28:45 2018 +0000
Improve the description of package-does-not-install-examples to give more debhelper advice.
---
checks/cruft.desc | 3 ++-
debian/changelog | 2 ++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/checks/cruft.desc b/checks/cruft.desc
index e4ec969..b1e7ffe 100644
--- a/checks/cruft.desc
+++ b/checks/cruft.desc
@@ -944,7 +944,8 @@ Info: The original source tarball contains the specified examples
directory. However, no examples are installed in any binary packages.
.
Please use <tt>dh_installexamples</tt> to install these to the most
- relevant package.
+ relevant package, for example by adding the directory name to a
+ <tt>debian/pkgname.examples</tt> file.
Ref: dh_installexamples(1)
Tag: package-uses-deprecated-source-override-location
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6ccb9ec..00ef3d1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ lintian (2.5.74) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
over $sorted_index.
+ [CL] Do not emit package-does-not-install-examples if we don't have
any binary packages in our laboratory. (Closes: #889591)
+ + [CL] Improve the description of package-does-not-install-examples to
+ give more debhelper advice.
* checks/fields.pm:
+ [CL] Avoid false positives when checking binary packages depending on
toolchain packages by ignoring packages starting with "dh-" or ending
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