Package: lintian Version: 2.5.4 Severity: normal since epoptes 0.3.2, lintian will exit 1 when checking epoptes, but produces no policy violations or other warnings or errors... you can download the .dsc from your favorite debian mirror, and:
lintian epoptes_0.4.2-1.dsc ; echo $? 1 running with debug mode didn't reveal much to me, but maybe you'd find it revealing: lintian -d epoptes_0.4.2-1.dsc ; echo $? N: Lintian v2.5.4 N: Lintian root directory: /usr/share/lintian N: Configuration file: /etc/lintianrc N: Laboratory: N: ---- N: Using profile debian/main. N: Selected action: check N: Requested data to collect: ar-info,bin-pkg-control,changelog-file,copyright-file,debfiles,debian-readme,diffstat,doc-base-files,file-info,index,init.d,java-info,md5sums,menu-files,objdump-info,override-file,scripts,strings,unpacked N: Selected checks: binaries,changelog-file,changes-file,conffiles,control-file,control-files,copyright-file,cruft,deb-format,debconf,debhelper,debian-readme,debian-source-dir,description,duplicate-files,fields,filename-length,files,group-checks,infofiles,init.d,java,manpages,md5sums,menu-format,menus,nmu,ocaml,patch-systems,po-debconf,rules,scripts,shared-libs,source-copyright,standards-version,version-substvars,watch-file N: Unpacking epoptes 0.4.2-1 [source] (source) in /tmp/z3igYqOhgL/pool/e/epoptes/epoptes_0.4.2-1_source N: Collecting info: diffstat ... N: Collecting info: unpacked ... N: Collecting info: index ... N: Reaping done jobs ... unpack epoptes 0.4.2-1 [source] (source) N: Collection script diffstat done N: Using dpkg-source to unpack epoptes N: Collection script index done N: Collection script unpacked done N: Reap done jobs ... unpack epoptes 0.4.2-1 [source] (source) N: Collecting info: override-file ... N: Collecting info: debfiles ... N: Collecting info: file-info ... N: Reaping done jobs ... unpack epoptes 0.4.2-1 [source] (source) N: Collection script debfiles done N: Collection script override-file done N: Collection script file-info done N: Reap done jobs ... unpack epoptes 0.4.2-1 [source] (source) N: Reaping done jobs ... unpack epoptes 0.4.2-1 [source] (source) N: Reap done jobs ... unpack epoptes 0.4.2-1 [source] (source) N: ---- N: Processing source package epoptes (version 0.4.2-1, arch source) ... N: Base directory in lab: /tmp/z3igYqOhgL/pool/e/epoptes/epoptes_0.4.2-1_source N: Override file collected, loading it ... N: Running check: control-file ... N: Running check: cruft ... N: Running check: debconf ... N: Running check: debhelper ... N: Running check: debian-source-dir ... N: Running check: fields ... N: Running check: filename-length ... N: Running check: group-checks ... N: Running check: nmu ... N: Running check: patch-systems ... N: Running check: po-debconf ... N: Running check: rules ... N: Running check: source-copyright ... N: Running check: standards-version ... N: Running check: version-substvars ... N: Running check: watch-file ... N: Auto removing: unpacked ... 1 live well, vagrant -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (120, 'unstable'), (110, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages lintian depends on: ii binutils 2.22-5 ii bzip2 1.0.6-1 ii diffstat 1.55-2 ii file 5.09-2 ii gettext 0.18.1.1-5 ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1 ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.25+b1 ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.34-1 ii libclone-perl 0.31-1+b2 ii libdpkg-perl 1.16.1.2 ii libemail-valid-perl 0.185-1 ii libipc-run-perl 0.90-1 ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-1 ii libtimedate-perl 1.2000-1 ii liburi-perl 1.59-1 ii locales 2.13-24 ii man-db 2.6.0.2-3 ii patchutils 0.3.2-1.1 ii perl [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.14.2-6 ii unzip 6.0-5 lintian recommends no packages. Versions of packages lintian suggests: ii binutils-multiarch <none> ii dpkg-dev 1.16.1.2 ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.69-1+b1 ii libtext-template-perl 1.45-2 ii man-db 2.6.0.2-3 ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20110809-3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org