Package: lintian Version: 2.5.40.2 Severity: wishlist Hi,
I think lintian should complain if files in .deb files contain * or ? characters. These are most likely unexpanded wildcard characters from debian/*.install files or the like. There might legitimate uses for these filenames, but these will probably warrant an explicit override. A current apt-file search yields these (most duplicates removed): $ apt-file search '*' chise-db: /usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.15/etc/chise-db/feature/->ancient*sources chise-db: /usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.15/etc/chise-db/feature/=>ucs* chise-db: /usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.15/etc/chise-db/feature/name* clanlib-doc: /usr/share/doc/clanlib-doc/Reference/html/CL_FunctionSlot_v0__(*Callback)().html clanlib-doc: /usr/share/doc/clanlib-doc/Reference/html/CL_GLFunctions__*).html clanlib-doc: /usr/share/doc/clanlib-doc/Reference/html/CL_GLFunctions__**params).html clanlib-doc: /usr/share/doc/clanlib-doc/Reference/html/CL_GLFunctions__**pointer).html coq-theories: /usr/share/doc/coq-theories/html/index_abbreviation_*.html cppreference-doc-en-html: /usr/share/cppreference/doc/html/en/cpp/experimental/fs/directory_iterator/operator*.html hol88-help: /usr/share/hol88-2.02.19940316/help/ENTRIES/*.doc postgresql-contrib-9.5: /usr/share/doc/postgresql-contrib-*/autoinc.example $ apt-file search '?' chise-db: /usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.15/etc/chise-db/feature/cns-radical? ucblogo: /usr/share/ucblogo/logolib/?rest ucblogo: /usr/share/ucblogo/logolib/file? w3-recs: /usr/share/doc/w3-recs/html/www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-SVGTiny12-20081222/relaxng/index.html?C=D;O=A.html I haven't checked the contents, but if I had to guess, only cpp's "operator*" looks like a valid file name, but even in that case that's unclear. (I'm submitting this because postgresql-contrib-9.5's example directory completely escaped my testing, and a lintian warning (or error) would have catched it.) Thanks, Christoph -- c...@df7cb.de | http://www.df7cb.de/
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