Bug#711207: spelling-error-in-binary is overly eager: teH/the

2013-06-07 Thread Ryan Kavanagh
On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 09:27:00AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Ryan Kavanagh writes: > > Lintian is overly eager with spelling-error-in-binary. In one one > > package, the string > > I9\$ teH > > I wonder if we should require the "word" be a minimum length to trigger > that tag. Maybe four or

Bug#711207: spelling-error-in-binary is overly eager: teH/the

2013-06-05 Thread Russ Allbery
Ryan Kavanagh writes: > Lintian is overly eager with spelling-error-in-binary. In one one > package, the string > I9\$ teH > would randomly appear in the output of "strings /path/to/binary" (which > to my understanding is used by lintian to test for spelling errors) > depending on how the plane

Bug#711207: spelling-error-in-binary is overly eager: teH/the

2013-06-05 Thread Ryan Kavanagh
Package: lintian Version: 2.5.13 Severity: minor Lintian is overly eager with spelling-error-in-binary. In one one package, the string I9\$ teH would randomly appear in the output of "strings /path/to/binary" (which to my understanding is used by lintian to test for spelling errors) depending on