Bug#910334: marked as done (lintian: Please warn about redundant entries in Files-Excluded)
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has caused the Debian Bug report #910334,
regarding lintian: Please warn about redundant entries in Files-Excluded
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Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.107
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
Whilst we have:
https://lintian.debian.org/tags/source-includes-file-in-files-excluded.html
… which triggers when a file specified in the Files-Excluded field in
debian/copyright exists in the source tree, we could also check for
seemingly-redundant entries such as:
Files-Excluded: ./file-does-not-exist
This would catch typos and strange things such as #910330.
Regards,
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Dear Mattia,
> > Files-Excluded: ./file-does-not-exist
> >
> > This would catch typos and strange things such as #910330.
>
> I'm concerned as to how you would go about checking for this. You can't
> quite check for non-existent files that shouldn't be existing anyway...
I am, of course, an idiot. Thank you for your attention to detail
and closing bug to match.
Best wishes,
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