On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 02:10:18PM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 06:41:35PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote: > > > W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make > > > > I've run into that warning with my packages, too. > > Is this really intended? > > Is it a bad-thing (tm) to fill out the dh_make template? > > i could not find this rule anymore in the lintian on the mips box i > > just checked, btw. So maybe this is already removed. > > You can always find out more about a lintian message like this: > > $ echo 'W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make' | lintian-info
Sage advice, indeed. However ... > W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make > N: > N: There is "Upstream Author(s)" in your copyright file. This is not a > N: fixed field name, it's just a default dh_make value. You should adjust > N: it. > N: ... this "long description" is spectacularly uninformative! Whoever is worrying about package descriptions should include lintian and other "help" messages in their consideration. -S -- by Rocket to the Moon, by Airplane to the Rocket, by Taxi to the Airport, by Frontdoor to the Taxi, by throwing back the blanket and laying down the legs ... - They Might Be Giants -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
