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



On Thu, 2025-03-20 at 07:04 +0200, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> 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.

#796660.

> 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.

Most packages shouldn't be shipping binaries from other architectures,
and Lintian is designed to check for common mistakes as well, not *just*
policy items.

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Maytham

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