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Re: Checks for urls in packages - extend lintian



Hi,

On 18.05.2012 14:15, Simon Kainz wrote:
> Is it okay if lintian needs network/internet access ( a patch is already
> available checking for the Homepage field, using LWP) ?

while I am no Lintian maintainer and thus not Person who eventually
would accept or reject such a patch, it shall be noted that Lintian is a
static analysis tool. That means, it is completely self-sufficient and
is able to work without any external data source.

For the very same reason the data Lintian uses, such as
(build-)essential packages are held in a pre-generated list within the
Lintian distribution tarball itself.


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with kind regards,
Arno Töll
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