Quoting Giulio Paci (2013-09-23 12:15:11) > On 23/09/2013 12:06, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> Quoting Giulio Paci (2013-09-23 12:01:18) >>> Package: cdbs >>> Version: 0.4.122 >>> Severity: normal >>> >>> Dear Maintainer, >>> >>> while packaging sptk >>> (git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/sptk.git) I encountered a >>> strange behaviour of the license check code. >>> >>> Invoking the command: >>> >>> DEB_MAINTAINER_MODE=1 fakeroot debian/rules pre-build >>> >>> a copyright_newhints file is generated (most of the times) and an >>> error is reported. Running it again, after a clean, results in a >>> different copyright_newhints and a different error. >>> >>> This is the first time I encounter this behaviour, so maybe I am >>> doing something wrong, but everything seems normal to me. >> >> How are they different? > > > They contain almost identical duplicated copyright year lines (usually > the difference is a comma at the end). > The files that creates the problems are usually autoconf files (e.g., > aclocal.m4 or config.guess). > > The common errors are like this: > > "ERROR: The following (and possibly more) new or changed notices > discovered: > > Copyright: 1996-1997, 2000-2001, 2003, 2005" > > > "ERROR: The following (and possibly more) new or changed notices > discovered: > > 1999-2006" > > "ERROR: The following (and possibly more) new or changed notices > discovered: > > 1992-1999, > 1992-2001 > 1997, 1999-2001, 2003-2005,"
Sounds like a problem with your build routines doing autoreconf and not cleaning up properly - or that the autoreconf'ing is applied before copyright check. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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