Re: lintian troubles and .changes doubts

[Jérémy Lal <jerry@edagames.com>]

On 03/09/2009 02:04, Alessandro Dentella wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
>    I'm trying to produce the python-sqlkit package. I'm both the upsteam
>    author and the mantainer. I have /debian folder in original package. I
>    recently read is not recommended but I found easier to manage to have it
>    in the same mercurial repo. I have several questions:
>
> release version
> ---------------
>
>    The .deb was lintian clean on rel 0.8.6-rc5, then I did 'dch -v 0.8.6' and
>    dch required -b option as felt 0.8.6-rc5 was grater than 0.8.6. I forced
>    it an now lintian complains:
>
>     sandro@bluff:/misc/src/hg/py$ lintian python-sqlkit_0.8.6_all.deb
>     W: python-sqlkit: latest-debian-changelog-entry-without-new-version
>
>     What should I do?
>
> .changes
> --------
>
>    If I run 'dpkg-buildpackage' I get a debian package named
>    'python-sqlkit_0.8.6_all.deb but a .changes that has i386 in it: why?
>
>
> bad-distribution-in-changes-file
> --------------------------------
>
>    If I run lintian on .changes it complains
>    "bad-distribution-in-changes-file" but I'm unsure on what I should do.
>    At present I'm building on an ubuntu-hardy so the name gets written in
>    the changelog. There is nothing peculiar of one distro or another so I'm
>    unsure what I should write.
>
>
>    Thanks in advance for any possible hints.
>
>    sandro
>    *:-)
first get a full explanation of lintian complaints :)
lintian-info --tags bad-distribution-in-changes-file

cheers,
Jérémy.