Hi Alex, On Sun, 15 Jan 2023 20:21:49 +0100 Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> wrote: > Control: tag -1 wontfix > > Hi, > > Abou Al Montacir wrote: > > I recently was interested in solving Lintian errors on FPC and > > friends and got pointed to this ticket. > > I just checked > https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=2022+path%3Adebian%2Fsource%2Ftimestamps&; literal=1 > and it seems that exactly 2 source packages (fpc and lazarus) are using this. Yes indeed, only tow packages for now are using this file, but theoretically any package built by FPC may need this. > > Just affecting two packages is IMHO a valid case for lintian > overrides. I may agree, but I failed to find the right syntax to override this error. There seem also 9 packages they do the same according to https://lintian.debian.org/tags/unknown-file-in-debian-source So are you sur the override is working, and if yes, how to do it. We tried https://sources.debian.org/src/fpc/3.2.2%2Bdfsg- 18/debian/source/lintian-overrides/ but also several other syntaxes and it fails. It seems no package managed to override it as far as I can search. > > It's though a small change with practically no chance for false > positives, so I'm no directly opposed to implementing it. > > I though wonder: Are more packages expected to use that? I mean, the > initial bug report ist from 2016 and I only see two packages using it. > > > I tend to agree with Paul that the timestamps file is better located in > > debian/source folder and would lobby for that. > > This seems to be the wrong audience for a discussion about the > location of that file. Such a discussion should come _before_ Lintian is > asked to implement something. I do Agree here about what you said, but we should just know how to override it, if ever possible. -- Cheers, Abou Al Montacir
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