affects 1094274 lintian
thanks
This issue seems to be caused by #1094274 in the appstream package.
To verify if a package has valid appstream metadata, we run:
appstreamcli validate-tree --format=yaml --no-net
The resulting YAML is then ingested with YAML::XS::Load() to try to parse it.
The problem is #1094274 causes the YAML to be invalid, since it adds a spurious line at the end. For example, this is what the YAML output looks like for qps_2.10.0-1_amd64:
=========
---
File: org.lxqt.Qps.appdata.xml
Validator: 1.0.6
Issues:
- tag: spdx-license-unknown
severity: warning
component: org.lxqt.qps
line: 5
hint: GPLv2
explanation: >-
The license ID was not found in the SPDX database. Please check that the license ID is written in
an SPDX-conformant way and is a valid free software license.
- tag: description-first-para-too-short
severity: info
component: org.lxqt.qps
line: 9
hint: "Process manager written in Qt. Among\n its features are:"
explanation: >-
The first `description/p` paragraph of this component might be too short (< 80 characters). Please
consider starting with a longer paragraph to improve how the description looks like in software centers
and to provide more detailed information on this component immediately in the first paragraph.
- tag: screenshot-no-caption
severity: pedantic
component: org.lxqt.qps
line: 24
explanation: >-
The screenshot does not have a caption text. Consider adding one.
- tag: releases-info-missing
severity: pedantic
component: org.lxqt.qps
explanation: >-
This component is missing information about releases. Consider adding a `releases` tag to describe
releases and their changes.
- tag: content-rating-missing
severity: info
component: org.lxqt.qps
explanation: >-
This component has no `content_rating` tag to provide age rating information. You can generate the
tag data online by answering a few questions at https://hughsie.github.io/oars/
- tag: developer-info-missing
severity: info
component: org.lxqt.qps
explanation: >-
This component contains no `developer` element with information about its author.
- tag: metainfo-filename-cid-mismatch
severity: warning
component: org.lxqt.qps
explanation: >-
The metainfo filename does not match the component ID.
Passed: no
---
File: qps.desktop
Validator: 1.0.6
Issues:
- tag: desktop-entry-bad-data
hint: Key file contains key ?Comment[es]? which has a value that cannot be interpreted.
Passed: yes
(appstreamcli:58963): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 04:06:57.444: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
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We _could_ fix this issue by wrapping the YAML::XS::Load() in a try/catch statement, but I'd much rather the actual bug be solved instead.
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