Bug#906209: lintian: bugs-field-does-not-refer-to-debian-infrastructure: cannot override

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

Chris Lamb:
> tags 906209 + moreinfo
> thanks
> 
> Thorsten,
> 
>> $ tail -2 debian/simkolab-blackberry.lintian-overrides
> 
> Should this not be debian/source.lintian-overrides or debian/source/
> lintian-overrides? See the "FILES" section in lintian(1) for more info.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 



I suspect the file name is correct (I would have expected a "source"
between the code and the tag if it was a source tag).  But regardless,
the key issue is that the override file does not have the correct
content (and lintian is not very helpful in this case).

The lintian extra is: "mailto:t.glaser@tarent.de (line 23)"
The extra for the override is: "mailto:t.glaser@tarent.de";
Since:

  "mailto:t.glaser@tarent.de (line 23)" != "mailto:t.glaser@tarent.de";

the override is not applicable for that tag (or any tag emitted at all),
which makes it an unused override.

This is not the first time this issue has appeared and I doubt it will
be the last unless lintian gets some features to be more helpful.

Thanks,
~Niels