Package: lintian Version: 2.5.55 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer,
lintian's "unused-file-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright" warning created some
confusion since it could be read as if the file(s) mentioned do not
exist - but they do, and the that's not the actual problem. A different
wording in the description would have provided the right hint, saving
some time.
So I'd like to suggest to
* add a sentence to this checks's description like "Remember: The
applicable File: paragraph is selected using the principle of '*last*
match wins'."
and perhaps also
* add an extra check for "File: *" which, if present, should be the
very first File: paragraph. Since it will, for the reason given above,
always void any preceeding paragraphs.
The first is fairly easy to do and matches all situations. The second
however was a very obvious message.
Regards,
Christoph
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