Package: lintian Version: 2.5.30+deb8u4 X-Debbugs-cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org
Let's say that debian/copyright contains the following: Files: foo Copyright: 2016, Mr Foo License: GPL-2 Files: bar Copyright: 2016, Mr Bar License: GPL-2+ License: GPL-2 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2". Lintian will complain with a warning: W: libfoobar source: missing-license-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright gpl-2+ (paragraph at line X) Should lintian ignore the '+' suffix when determining if a License paragraph exists?
