Thijs Kinkhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> the original bug is the utimes bug in glibc, which is worked around in >> python2.3, but there should be some place to check for: >> >> - lintian / linda >> - dupload / dput >> - ftp.debian.org
> If such a check would be needed, it would be the domain of lintian. I > think it makes sense that lintian would check at least the things that > the archive software does, but it's up to the lintian maintainers to > decide whether to implement this. Reassigning there. lintian already checks for ancient timestamps. Tag: package-contains-ancient-file Type: error Info: Your package contains a file that claims to been generated more than 20 years ago. This is most probably an error. Your package will be rejected by the Debian archive scripts if it contains a file with such a timestamp. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
