On Thu, May 27, 2010 07:24, Jari Aalto wrote:
> Sometimes packages ship extra files like:
>
> .swp VIM backup
> DEADJOE Joe backup
> *~ *# Emacs backup, temporary
>
> Perhaps lintian could display some message about these files? The
> developers could use the information to notify the upstream.
The vim and emacs files are already flagged if they appear in the .diff.gz
(diff-contains-editor-backup-file); adding the equivalents for other
editors seems reasonable.
However, lintian intentionally does /not/ flag the presence of such files
in source packages; from checks/cruft:
# given file. If the third column is a true value, don't issue this tag
# unless the file is included in the diff; it's too common in source packages
# and not important enough to worry about.
[...]
[ qr,((^|/)\.[^/]+\.swp|~)$, => 'editor-backup-file', 1 ],
Regards,
Adam
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