Bug#971427: lintian: false positive package-contains-documentation-outside-usr-share-doc for SNMP MIB files

["Chris Lamb" <lamby@debian.org>]

tags 971427 + moreinfo
thanks

Hi Ferenc,

> SNMP MIB files are generally /usr/share/snmp/mibs/*.txt, though
> these text files aren't documentation.  Please make them exempt
> from package-contains-documentation-outside-usr-share-doc.

Totally ACK that these are false-positives. However, I am not sure
that this is a general or widespread issue which would warrant an
exception being made in Lintian itself.

As in, compared to adding a Lintian override in your specific
package.


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