Hi Scott,
On Wed, Apr 09 2025, Scott Talbert wrote:
> Felix was working on this a few years back but perhaps lost
> time/interest.
Yeah, thanks for remembering! I spent a lot of time eliminating a Bash
layer that seemed unnecessary and rewrote everything in Debhelper's
language, Perl.
I don't
Package: gocryptfs
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
I now longer use this package. Will you please remove me from the list
of Uploaders?
Thanks for maintaining Gocryptfs in Debian!
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Package: nullmailer
Severity: wishlist
Hi David,
Please remove my name from the list of Uploaders at your convenience. I
switched to OpenSMTPd and am not a good contributor anymore. Thanks!
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Package: wolfssl
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-CC: Bastian Germann
Hi Bastian,
Please replace my name with yours in the Uploaders field when you get a
chance. I do not have time to help maintain wolfSSL at the moment since
my wife had a baby. Thanks!
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Package: nullmailer
Severity: wishlist
Hi David,
I have not used nullmailer in a little while, and I do not plan to
work on the package in the near future.
Please remove my email address from the Uploaders field at your leisure. Thanks!
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P.S. The proposed change alone did not
Hi,
> there is considerable interest in using WolfSSL
I uploaded version 5.5.4-1, which was released last week, to the archive.
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tacted for guidance via IRC.
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[1] https://bugs.debian.org/1025789
cc: Security Team
oad the package. Thanks!
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[1] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42961
[2] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39173
[3] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42905
[4] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wolfssl
[5] https://bugs.debian
Hi,
On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 12:00 PM Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
>
> open security issues
I also just uploaded a backport for bullseye.
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ot;optional" please? Thanks!
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Hi,
FWIW, version 5.5.3-1 was accepted into the NEW queue.
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Hi,
On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 12:00 PM Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
>
> wolfssl has no active maintainer, plenty of open security issues and we
> already
> have too many TLS libraries in our releases. Keep it out of testing. I'm going
> to file bugs against the handful of reverse deps.
Sorry, I have
Hi,
I plan to upload version 5.5.1 in the near future.
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ringing the great Guix package manager to Debian! I
believe it is superior to Dpkg.
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[1] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Using-the-Configuration-System.html
contain multiple arguments
# with their own quoting so run through a shell expansion
my $ghc_configure_args = run_quiet(
qw{sh -c},
'echo -n '
. $DOUBLE_QUOTE
. ($ENV{DEB_SETUP_GHC_CONFIGURE_ARGS} // $EMPTY)
. $DOUBLE_QUOTE
);
Hi Scott,
On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 7:23 AM Scott Talbert wrote:
>
> it's a core package and I'm new here
I'm also not the right person to merge it, but I think Debian may be
getting a new GHC version soon. Was the fix applied upstream?
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lable?
I believe they are in:
libghc-dlist-doc
libghc-hashable-doc
libghc-transformers-compat-doc
Thanks!
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nd may
not be able to iron out all the kinks in the new code.
As for this bug, I was aware that I broke the directory feature but,
like you, was also not sure right away about how to handle it
properly. The directory feature for package registrations is described
in the documentation. [1]
Kind
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
Hi,
This Postgres data type was used for the most recent Lintian website.
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Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
Hi,
This is an exciting opportunity to assume maintenance of an important
package. It is now available for your adoption!
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Felix Lechner
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
Hi,
This package is low maintenance and now available for your adoption!
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Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
Hi,
This package is low maintenance and now available for your adoption!
You can use this software when repairing your monitor's EDID. [1]
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[1] https://wiki.debian.org/RepairEDID
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
Hi,
This package is low maintenance and now available for your adoption!
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Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
Hi,
This package is low maintenance and now available for your adoption!
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script -*- perl -*-
+
+# Copyright © 2021 Felix Lechner
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any
with Debhelper's dh sequencer.
Thank you for your patience!
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* * *
[start of build log omitted]
dh_gencontrol -phspec-discover
dpkg-gencontrol: warning: package hspec-discover: substitution
variable ${haskell:ghc-version} unused, but is defined
dh_md5sums -p
Hi Rafael,
On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 2:09 AM Rafael Laboissière wrote:
>
> See
> https://salsa.debian.org/ocaml-team/dh-ocaml/-/commit/eae9dc26
What is the purpose of those files, please? Are they used in the oCaml
Lintian check?
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1TC6jk
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Package: cabal-debian
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
The Haskel tooling in Debian may be able to use the Description field
in the Source paragraph of d/control without the X- prefix. For the
relevant policy discussion, please see here. [1]
Lintian allows the field already. [2]
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threaded
You are right. For the purposes of your analysis, Lintian uses a single process.
Thank you for your valuable suggestions!
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sty volumes found some use.) I have never heard, or seen, that
form of "sub-tract," but let's give others a chance to chime in.
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so you'd just make it
> match the package.
Without wishing to appear argumentative, I did not seem smart to have
two different tarballs in the archive under the same
wolfssl_4.6.0.orig.tar.gz name.
> Please feel free to upload.
Thanks for that too, and for your hard work on the stable releases!
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hes. The latter remain useful even when
sources are repackaged, because manifests can be cryptographically
daisy-chained in a "chain of custody." Of course, they would be more
often used for patched upload formats.
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would lead to the wrong
orig tarball, wouldn't it?
> You don't really need to mention who performed the backport here, FWIW.
I mentioned it in part to explain the new version string.
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Hi,
The attached debdiff contains an updated d/changelog (plus, an excerpt below):
(1) The target release now says 'bullseye'.
(2) Pursuant to a request from the security team, the annotation
CVE-2021-37155 was added to PR 3990.
Is this ready to upload? Thanks!
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Fel
from the version number. The native status is a required input! [2]
Please do not "define" a source's patch status via the version string.
It's what got us here in the first place. Debian version numbers are
complicated enough already. Thank you!
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Fel
ce format
`3.0 (native)' packages to have a non-native version number. [1]
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[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=953554#30
Hi,
On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 1:36 PM Josh Triplett wrote:
>
> I don't think lintian should warn about this, for two reasons:
Are you saying the condition should indicate a visibility level lower
than a warning, or that the tag should not be implemented at all?
Thank you!
Kind reg
taff.
As their Debian distributor, I prefer not to backport fixes from Git myself.
As mentioned in the changelog, upstream also updated some certificates
in the test suite.
Following devref 5.5.1, a source debdiff was attached.
Thank you for your guidance!
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Felix Lechner
P.S. I used t
Hi,
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 1:18 PM Marc Haber
wrote:
>
> [^[:alpha:]]chown[[:space:]][^[:space:]]+\.[^[:space:]]
I cannot get that search to work properly on codesearch.d.n. Do you
have a sample from the archive, please?
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ind regards,
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[1]
https://github.com/Perl-Critic/Perl-Critic/issues/925#issuecomment-1048340859
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-hask...@lists.debian.org
X-Debbugs-Cc: Joachim Breitner
* Package name: hackage-tracker
Version : 0.1.0
Upstream Author : Felix Lechner
* URL : https://salsa.debian.org/haskell-team/hackage-tracker
* License
ur review.
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Description: Add host name to default MAILFROM
The host on which the error occurred is mentioned in the subject and also in
the message body, but some may find it useful in the From address, as well.
Author: Felix Lechner
Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.o
forward, however, I wrote a Perl module that will
soon sidestep Dh_Haskell.sh when builds are started from dh-haskell's
dh sequencer. That Perl module will honor DH_VERBOSE.
A merge request is in the works and will be submitted when testing is complete.
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ge kickoff:
substitution variable ${haskell:Provides} used, but is not defined
There is also that one, but it may be less relevant:
dpkg-gencontrol: warning: package kickoff: substitution variable
${haskell:ghc-version} unused, but is defined
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created. That causes follow-on issues like the one at
the bottom of this message.
This bug is merely a wishlist item in case someone plans to fix
hlibrary.mk. The issue goes away with the dh sequencer from
dh-haskell, which may be a better option for other reasons, as well.
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on Friday, with a release
soon after that.
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produces that error for
usr/lib/dxvk/wine64-development/d3d10.dll.a in dxvk, but how can we
tell such archives apart from those that are legitimately broken?
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g again.
I took the liberty to merge this bug with the bug advocating the removal.
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in Git, per the output below.
May I please close this bug? Thank you!
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[1] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/patch-not-forwarded-upstream
[2]
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/tags/p/patch-not-forwarded-upstream.tag#L12
* * *
➤ bin/lintian --info
y provided
with timely backports.
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g them!
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[1] https://lintian.debian.org/screens/autotools/long-lines
Hi,
So far, the most convenient way to reproduce this bug is the following
command. It exercises only a single, very simple check. [1]
bin/lintian -C linda --debug --no-override --no-tag-display-limit
../picolibc-arm-none-eabi_1.7.4-1_all.deb
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[1]
https
e26914434
Thank you for making Lintian better for everyone!
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suffice to silence the tag altogether.
I cannot reproduce the behavior with hexchat_2.16.0-3.dsc (although
there are probably others) because it lacks the second paragraph. [2]
Are you uploading your new version to the archive? It would help me
fix the bug. Thanks!
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give a lintian warning, and py3versions -s with an
> X-Python3-Version field should do so likewise.
For reference, here is Lintian's current code examining the use of
'py3versions' in tests. [1]
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[1]
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/mast
The sources were uploaded and are now in the NEW queue.
The full build log was attached to this message. Thank you for your guidance!
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[1] https://bugs.debian.org/1003751
[2] https://packages.debian.org/sid/libghc-lzma-dev
* * *
/usr/bin/ld.gold: error: cannot find -llzma
/usr/lib/haskell-packages/ghc/lib/
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-lint-ma...@lists.debian.org
* Package name: kickoff
Version : 0.1.0
Upstream Author : Felix Lechner
* URL : https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/kickoff
* License : GPL-3.0-or-later
Programming Lang
Hi,
On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 7:00 AM Shengjing Zhu wrote:
>
> I got rejected by ftp-master
Is there a record of the rejection? Which of these excluded files [1]
did the Archive Team find in your sources? Thanks!
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[1]
https://salsa.debian.org/zhsj/kata-cont
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-lint-ma...@lists.debian.org
* Package name: detagtive
Version : 0.1.0.0
Upstream Author : Felix Lechner
* URL : https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/detagtive
* License : AGPL-3.0-or-later
Programming Lang
s (and counting). It makes issues much easier to monitor and
isolate.
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ithout that information. Thank you!
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st of our other repos. [6][7][8]
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[1] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian
[2] https://lintian.debian.org/
[3] https://semver.org/
[4] for example, https://lintian.debian.org/tags/bad-whatis-entry
[5] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lint-maint/2021/09/msg00148.html
[6]
lease remember, however, that Lintian is not your boss. Credit for
that critical insight goes to D. Bremner—thank you!
On a side note, Salsa has more serious issues when running Lintian
jobs. [2][3][4]
Thank you for using Lintian!
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[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bug
[[] is
required until I implement the new override format.
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se internally to interactively
recalibrate Lintian's test suite.
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r bringing the matter to our attention!
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nd cabal-install. Thanks!
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[1] https://lintian.debian.org/static/qa-list.txt
[2] https://udd-mirror.debian.net/
[3] https://lintian.debian.org/query
Hi Tim,
On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 9:09 AM Tim Rühsen wrote:
>
> Valgrind reports a buffer overflow.
The good folks at wolfSSL cannot reproduce the error. Do you '#include
' before the others?
Either way, will you please also attach your configuration to this
report? Thanks!
Kin
Hi Alex,
Please feel free to reopen this bug if your wishlist items for Lintian
need more work. Thanks!
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Hi Daniel,
On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 7:09 PM Daniel Baumann
wrote:
>
> you can now safely depend on ... "plzip | lzip-decompressor"
Great, thanks! Will that work for backports, too?
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about Depends vs Pre-Depends.
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intian too strict?
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[1] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/skip-systemd-native-flag-missing-pre-depends
[2]
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/lib/Lintian/Check/Systemd/Native/Prerequisites.pm#L49
[3] https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/i/ippl/control-1.4.14-12.2
Hi,
Pursuant to a suggestion from the Emacs maintainers (thank you!) the
source package was renamed to emacs-lintian and resubmitted to the FTP
Masters.
The path on Salsa also changed:
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/emacs-lintian
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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-emac...@lists.debian.org
* Package name: elpa-lintian
Version : 0.1
Upstream Author : Felix Lechner
* URL : https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/elpa-lintian
* License : GPL-3+
Programming Lang: Lisp
Hi,
With that commit [1] Lintian now offers rudimentary Emacs integration. [2]
In the future, pointed hints may allow the user to travel directly to
the file indicated in the packaging hint.
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[1]
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/commit
Control: tags -1 + pending
Hi,
Version 0.5 of dh-haskell was uploaded to the NEW queue. [1]
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[1] https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/dh-haskell_0.5.html
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-hask...@lists.debian.org
* Package name: dh-haskell
Version : 0.5
Upstream Author : Felix Lechner
* URL : https://salsa.debian.org/lechner/dh-haskell
* License : GPL-3+
Programming Lang: Perl
a
file named like *.lz? Thanks!
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[1] https://sources.debian.org/src/lzip/1.22-4/debian/lzip.README.Debian/
Lintian's test suite to recalibrate tests for sweeping changes.
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[3]
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/commit/139009d5a54225ebff4509ec37b979cb898c17fe
[4] https://metacpan.org/pod/Text::Glob
omplex subjects in
Debian. Thanks!
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[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=941656#20
er name of the executable,
as introduced in this commit? [2] Thanks!
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[1]
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/lib/Lintian/Check/Files/Compressed/Lz.pm#L61
[2]
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/commit/bc64d63c4ecd293687524086b6966e30e9c48ae0
due to unresolved issues elsewhere.
Thanks for helping to make Lintian better!
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[1]
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/commit/87825cb0c24368a4b627b70b7b3c9feecca2157f
an."
Will you please retitle it? Thanks!
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[1] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/bad-jar-name
[2] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/build-depends-on-an-obsolete-java-package
[3] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/jar-not-in-usr-share
[4] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/jar-
ed Lintian to keep apart things that otherwise sound too
similar. In my defense, I developed a low tolerance for confusion when
trying to navigate, on a visit, Atlanta's 71 streets named
"Peachtree". [1] Just as Debian is recognized for its great packages,
peaches are a famous product
Hi,
On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 5:51 AM Yadd wrote:
>
> That's why I think this tag shoud be removed.
I think I concur—but what's a MUT, please?
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ould negatively affect the quality of
hints issued on Salsa. [1] I expect that to be the primary Lintian
platform for contributors in the future.
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[1] sample,
https://lechner.pages.debian.net/-/mdadm/-/jobs/2004554/artifacts/debian/output/lintian.html
rk for UNRELEASED)?
Thanks!
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have a website. [6]
Alternatively, I could replace the Vim policy reference in the tag
shown above [1] with a more permanent link. I believe that no other
tags refer to your policy. Thank you!
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[1] https://lintian.debian.org/tags/vim-addon-within-vim-runtime-
the Lintian maintainers
to upload backports of the new packages, or would the Perl team rather
handle them via bug reports?
I would prefer if the Perl team handled backports as well, but it
would be an extra burden. Please just let me know one way or the
other. Thanks!
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[1] https://bugs.debian.org/1001175
nk you!
Hope that helps!
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[1] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/detagtive/-/issues/13
Hi,
On Sun, Dec 5, 2021 at 12:08 PM gregor herrmann wrote:
>
> (Just as a note, and that means I won't upload this tonight :))
Thank you for looking into it!
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essentially for use cases
that do not apply here: fatpacking or building from source without a
compiler.
The consensus seemed to be that it was reasonable to have
Class::XSAccessor listed as a hard prerequisite when packaging for
Debian. Thanks!
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5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Thanks!
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[1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/librelative-perl
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/bin/lintian#L30-38
[3]
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/blob/master/bin/lintian-annotate-hints
st missing
imports in rarely used code paths during parallel execution. [2]
Thanks!
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[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKqxdTbGxYY
[2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2021/11/msg00011.html
errors until runtime, so it is easy for errors
to lurk in rarely-executed or untested code.
Lintian would like to use the functionality to protect against missing
imports in rarely used code paths during parallel execution. [1]
Thanks!
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[1] https://lists.debian.org
n when the installable is only recommended.
Lintian was affected in several ways. [2][3][4][5][6]
Sorry to report the suggestion with a two-year delay. Thank you!
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[1] https://metacpan.org/pod/Moo#MOO-AND-CLASS::XSACCESSOR
[2]
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lint
ww-perl in
'Depends' either, although it 'Enhances' it. [3]
The Lintian maintainers use the described functionality to update data
files prior to release [4] but the feature is not tested in
autopkgtest. For now, we simply declared libwww-perl as a prerequisite
for Lintia
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