Re: literally '?' in debconf template

[George Danchev <danchev@spnet.net>]

On Sunday 28 September 2008 22:08:28 markus schnalke wrote:
> Hello mentors,

Hi,

> lintian reports this warning:
>   using-question-in-extended-description-in-templates
> (see [1])
>
> But there is no question where lintian sees one. Instead it's a
> literally question mark. The text is:
>   "You can use wildcard expressions like '*' or '?'."
>
> How can I solve the situation?
> Is there a way to escape the questions mark?
> Do I have to override the warning?

Well, lintian did his job right to warn you about a possible problem, but it 
can't sense the context (at least as of yet;-), thus you can safely override 
his decision.

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