Hey Niels,
> While you are updating that code path, could you add the missing the \Q
> \E around that $name (or quotemeta)?
Good spot. Updated in:
  https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=fb18b0416dee3c31b6595fe590e56c81c5dd915e
Best wishes,
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