Hi, On Thu, 06 Jul 2017, Niels Thykier wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:45:52 +0200 =?utf-8?q?Rapha=C3=ABl_Hertzog?= > <hert...@debian.org> wrote: > > Package: lintian > > Version: 2.5.51 > > Severity: normal > > > > lintian complains with testsuite-autopkgtest-missing when debian/control > > is missing the "Testsuite" field but that field is usually not present > > in the unpacked source package because it is automatically added by > > dpkg-source to the .dsc when it finds debian/tests/control. > > Please provide a test case for this.
I did not verify this, I just assumed this based on the long description of the tag. > > So instead you should check that field in the .dsc or directly > > debian/tests/control in the unpacked source package. > > The code currently checks for the field in the .dsc file. So then it's only a documentation issue and not a real problem. > > BTW the long description must also be updated as it instructs the user > > to add this field in debian/control when it's not needed. > > That is true though. Feel free to correct only this and close this bug. And word the long description in a way that makes it clear that the test checks the field in the .dsc file. Thank you! -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Support Debian LTS: https://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html Learn to master Debian: https://debian-handbook.info/get/
