Bug#1100664: lintian: Please adjust architecture detection for changes in the file package (causing false "binary-from-other-architecture")

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Subject: Bug#1100664: lintian: Please adjust architecture detection for changes in the file package (causing false "binary-from-other-architecture")
From: Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 07:04:56 +0200
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Reply-to: Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>, 1100664@bugs.debian.org
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Package: lintian
Version: 2.121.2
Followup-For: Bug #1100664
X-Debbugs-Cc: martin-eric.racine@iki.fi

It's not just that it's a false positive. It's also marked at priority Error without pointing to a specific MUST or MUST NOT item in Debian Policy.

Sorry, but a check that doesn't point to a specific policy item is just someone's pet peve. That qualifies as Pedantic or Experimental at best.

Martin-Éric

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  - From: Christoph Biedl <debian.axhn@manchmal.in-ulm.de>

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