Control: tags -1 moreinfo On 2015-01-01 22:13, Riley wrote: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.5.30+deb8u3 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > The lintian tag "binary-control-field-duplicates-source" reports an error when > there is a duplicate of the "section" field. However, it is often necessary to > duplicate the section field. For example: > > Package: libxyz0 > Section: libs > > Package: libxyz-common > Section: libs > > Package: libxyz-dev > Section: libdevel > > Package: libxyz-doc > Section: doc > > > I propose that this tag not be output for the section tag. > > Yours sincerely, > > Riley Baird > > [...] >
Hi, I believe you might misunderstand the tag. The case you describe do not trigger this tag. Instead, what you have is probably: """ *Source*: libxyz Section: libs Package: libxyz0 Section: libs """ By default, the Section field will copied into the Binary paragraph *if* the binary paragraph does not have it. As the Binary paragraph has a Section field with identical value to the one in *Source* it is therefore redundant. That is what this tag warns about. ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
