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Bug#1077709: marked as done (lintian: Patch: small improvements to documentation)

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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: lintian
Version: 2.117.0
Severity: normal

Hello. Here're two patches to document the previously undocumented
--debug option and to more clearly note what to do with changes and
dbgsym overrides.

Also, I tried to push into a branch on salsa to create an MR instead,
but I didn't have the rights to do that. Maybe at least all DDs should
be allowed to push to their own branches?

Thanks!



>From 155d9c964f5c7ba661c7fca7e80bc004b858d520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dima Kogan <dkogan@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 12:14:33 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Documented --debug

---
 bin/lintian     | 1 +
 man/lintian.pod | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bin/lintian b/bin/lintian
index 4f44e6fc1..2d65dd50c 100755
--- a/bin/lintian
+++ b/bin/lintian
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ General options:
     --print-version           print unadorned version number and exit
     -q, --quiet               suppress all informational messages
     -v, --verbose             verbose messages
+    -d, --debug               extra-verbose messages
     -V, --version             display Lintian version and exit
 Behavior options:
     --color never/always/auto disable, enable, or enable color for TTY
diff --git a/man/lintian.pod b/man/lintian.pod
index 5204aeeb6..cf7967b4f 100644
--- a/man/lintian.pod
+++ b/man/lintian.pod
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ In the configuration file, this option is enabled by using B<verbose>
 variable.  The B<verbose> and B<quiet> variables may not both appear
 in the config file.
 
+=item B<-d>, B<--debug>
+
+Display extra-verbose messages.
+
+This is a deeper B<--verbose>, and implies B<--verbose>. Pass >= 3 times to get
+memory-usage information as well
+
 =item B<-V>, B<--version>
 
 Display lintian version number and exit.
-- 
2.42.0


>From 5951e508517acd55f313a00a70204beb101d3aff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dima Kogan <dkogan@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 12:18:39 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Improved documentation for lintian-override files

---
 man/lintian.pod | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/lintian.pod b/man/lintian.pod
index cf7967b4f..6a3997702 100644
--- a/man/lintian.pod
+++ b/man/lintian.pod
@@ -569,14 +569,20 @@ Utility scripts used by the other lintian scripts.
 =back
 
 For binary packages, Lintian looks for overrides in a file named
-I<usr/share/lintian/overrides/E<lt>packageE<gt>> inside the binary
-package, where I<E<lt>packageE<gt>> is the name of the binary
-package.  For source packages, Lintian looks for overrides in
+I<usr/share/lintian/overrides/E<lt>packageE<gt>> inside the binary package,
+where I<E<lt>packageE<gt>> is the name of the binary package. This is usually
+created automatically by debhelper from the
+I<debian/E<lt>packageE<gt>.lintian-overrides> file.
+
+For source packages, Lintian looks for overrides in
 I<debian/source/lintian-overrides> and then in
 I<debian/source.lintian-overrides> if the first file is not found.
 The first path is preferred.  See the Lintian User's Manual for the
 syntax of overrides.
 
+Lintian errors in automatically-generated packages (such as I<xxx-dbgsym>) and
+in the I<changes> file are currently not overrideable.
+
 =head1 CONFIGURATION FILE
 
 The configuration file can be used to specify default values for some
-- 
2.42.0

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Source: lintian
Source-Version: 2.127.0
Done: Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org>

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lintian, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1077709@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org> (supplier of updated lintian package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:31:04 -0400
Source: lintian
Architecture: source
Version: 2.127.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
Changed-By: Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org>
Closes: 1017916 1024610 1065177 1065870 1077709 1115463
Changes:
 lintian (2.127.0) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Louis-Philippe Véronneau ]
   * adjust phrasing in the newly documented debug entries.
   * Add information on the Origin field being parsed in the
     patch-not-forwarded-upstream tag. (Closes: #1065870)
   * d/control: remove redundant Rules-Requires-Root field.
 .
   [ Rafael Laboissière ]
   * Correctly parse the paragraphs in watch file with format v5.
     (Closes: #1115463)
 .
   [ Emanuele Rocca ]
   * hardening-no-fortify-functions: exclude Rust code.
   * Suggest solution for tests without purpose.
 .
   [ Alexandre Detiste ]
   * add python3-tz to the list of obsolete-packages.
 .
   [ Nilesh Patra ]
   * Expand @builddeps@ and @recommends@ field if it specified in Test Depends.
     (Closes: #1017916, #1024610)
   * Add a check in existing check to smoket-test @builddeps@ and @recommends@
     are expanded.
   * Display the package against which (build-,)depends-obsolete-bootstrap is
     issued. Adjust tests accordingly. (Closes: #1065177)
 .
   [ Dima Kogan ]
   * Document --debug parameter.
   * Improved documentation for lintian-override files. (Closes: #1077709)
 .
   [ Marc Leeman ]
   * recursive-privilege-change: do not trigger with -maxdepth 1.
 .
   [ Florent 'Skia' Jacquet ]
   * tests: fix 'binaries-misplaced' pkg if '/bin/true' is a symlink.
   * Add 'Resolute Raccoon' in the list of known Ubuntu series.
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