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Bug#956613: lintian: inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license is confused when appstream metadata file is generated



Package: lintian
Version: 2.65.0

in balsa 2.6.0, balsa.appdata.xml is generated during the build from
balsa.appdata.xml.in.

While d/copyright correctly indicates that balsa.appdata.xml.in is
CC0-1.0, lintian still complains with:

    W: balsa source: inconsistent-appstream-metadata-license balsa.appdata.xml (cc0-1.0 != gpl-2+)

It seems that to quiet this warning, i would need to add a d/copyright
entry for a file (balsa.appdata.xml) that is not shipped in the source
package, which would be weird and (i think) wrong.

Rather, i think lintian should avoid warning about license information
in a file that is not part of the source package.

Thanks for maintaining lintian in debian!

       --dkg

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