Bug#944707: lintian: check for missing and unsigned .buildinfo files
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 11:36:37PM -0800, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> On 2019-11-14, Chris Lamb wrote:
> >> It would be nice if lintian checked for the presence of a .buildinfo
> >> file when processing a .changes file.
> >
> > I'm obviously sold on the idea of .buildinfo files but what error or
> > mistake might such a missing file imply on behalf of the developer?
>
> I'm not sure it's a mistake, per se, but suggests that they're using
> very old tooling to build packages, or home-grown tooling, both of which
> might have various bugs...
>...
Or passing the --buildinfo-option=-O/tmp/dpkgisstupid option to
dpkg-buildpackage because buildinfo files don't make sense for
source-only uploads.
cu
Adrian
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