On 02/01/15 08:18, Niels Thykier wrote: > 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
You're exactly right. Thanks for finding the error. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
