cmd: lintian --no-cfg --display-level '>=classification' --display-experimental --info --show-overrides '/tmp/debusine-fetch-exec-upload-0m_biun1/tdealternatives-trinity_14.2.0~pre26-0ubuntu20.04.0+6.dsc' '/tmp/debusine-fetch-exec-upload-0m_biun1/tdealternatives-trinity_14.2.0~pre26-0ubuntu20.04.0+6_arm64.deb' output (contains stderr only, stdout was captured): Files in working directory: lintian.txt -------------------- E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/ N: N: Debian packages should not install into /opt, because it is reserved for N: add-on software. N: N: Refer to Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (/opt : Add-on application N: software packages) for details. N: N: Severity: error N: N: Check: files/hierarchy-standard N: E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/lib/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/lib/trinity/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/lib/trinity/kcm_tdealternatives.la E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/lib/trinity/kcm_tdealternatives.so E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/applications/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/applications/tde/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/applications/tde/tdealternatives.desktop E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/apps/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/apps/tdealternatives/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/apps/tdealternatives/tdealternativesui.rc E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/doc/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/doc/tde/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/doc/tde/HTML/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/doc/tde/HTML/en/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/doc/tde/HTML/en/tdealternatives/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/doc/tde/HTML/en/tdealternatives/common E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/doc/tde/HTML/en/tdealternatives/index.cache.bz2 E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/doc/tde/HTML/en/tdealternatives/index.docbook E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/icons/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/icons/hicolor/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/tdealternatives.png E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/tdealternatives.png E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/locale/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/locale/nl/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/tdealternatives.mo E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/locale/ru/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ E: tdealternatives-trinity: dir-or-file-in-opt opt/trinity/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/tdealternatives.mo E: tdealternatives-trinity source: epoch-changed-but-upstream-version-did-not-go-backwards 0.10-0 -> 4:14.2.0~pre26-0ubuntu20.04.0+6 N: N: The previous version of this package had a different version epoch to N: the current version but the upstream version did not go "backwards". For N: example, the previous package version was "1:1.0-1" and the current N: version is "2:2.0-1". N: N: This was likely an accidental bump or addition of an epoch. N: N: Epochs exist to cope with changes to the upstream version numbering N: scheme. Whilst they are a powerful tool, increasing or adding an epoch N: has many downsides including causing issues with versioned dependencies, N: being misleading to users and being aesthetically unappealing. Whilst N: they should be avoided, valid reasons to add or increment the epoch N: include: N: N: - Upstream changed their versioning scheme in a way that makes the N: latest version lower than the previous one. N: - You need to permanently revert to a lower upstream version. N: N: Temporary revertions (eg. after an NMU) should use not modify or N: introduce an epoch - please use the CURRENT+reallyFORMER until you can N: upload the latest version again. N: N: If you are unsure whether you need to increase the epoch for a package, N: please consult the debian-devel mailing list. N: N: Severity: error N: N: Check: debian/changelog N: E: tdealternatives-trinity source: missing-build-dependency cdbs N: N: The package doesn't specify a build dependency on a package that is used N: in debian/rules. N: N: Lintian intentionally does not take into account transitive N: dependencies. Even if the package build-depends on some package that in N: turn depends on the needed package, an explicit build dependency should N: be added. Otherwise, a latent bug is created that will appear without N: warning if the other package is ever updated to change its dependencies. N: Even if this seems unlikely, please always add explicit build N: dependencies on every non-essential, non-build-essential package that is N: used directly during the build. N: N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 4.2 (Package relationships) for N: details. N: N: Severity: error N: N: Check: debian/rules N: E: tdealternatives-trinity source: no-standards-version-field N: N: The source package does not have a Standards-Version control field. N: Please update your package to latest Policy and set this control field N: appropriately. N: N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 5.6.11 (Standards-Version) for N: details. N: N: Severity: error N: N: Check: fields/standards-version N: W: tdealternatives-trinity source: binary-nmu-debian-revision-in-source 4:14.2.0~pre26-0ubuntu20.04.0+6 N: N: The version number of your source package ends in +b and a number or has N: a Debian revision containing three parts. These version numbers are used N: by binary NMUs and should not be used as the source version. (The +b N: form is the current standard; the three-part version number now N: obsolete.) N: N: Refer to Debian Developer's Reference section 5.10.2.1 (Recompilation or N: binary-only NMU) for details. N: N: Severity: warning N: N: Check: fields/version N: W: tdealternatives-trinity: copyright-without-copyright-notice N: N: The copyright file for this package does not appear to contain a N: copyright notice. You should copy the copyright notice from the upstream N: source (or add one of your own for a native package). A copyright notice N: must consist of Copyright, Copr., or the Unicode symbol of C in a circle N: followed by the years and the copyright holder. A copyright notice is N: not required for a work to be copyrighted, but Debian requires the N: copyright file include the authors and years of copyright, and including N: a valid copyright notice is the best way to do that. Examples: N: N: Copyright YYYY Firstname Lastname N: Copr. YYYY-YYYY Firstname Lastname N: © YYYY,YYYY Firstname Lastname N: N: If the package is in the public domain rather than copyrighted, be sure N: to mention "public domain" in the copyright file. Please be aware that N: this is very rare and not the same as a DFSG-free license. True public N: domain software is generally limited to such special cases as a work N: product of a United States government agency. N: N: Refer to https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html for details. N: N: Severity: warning N: N: Check: debian/copyright N: W: tdealternatives-trinity source: debian-source-options-has-custom-compression-settings compression = "xz" (line 2) N: N: The debian/source/options file for this package specifies a custom N: compression level or algorithm. N: N: Whilst higher levels may reduce the size of big files, they have the N: side effect of consuming a lot of memory during both compression and N: extraction. This can not only also waste time unnecessarily, it can N: cause packages to FTBFS or even fail to install in resource-constrained N: environments or architectures. N: N: Please remove the call and let dpkg-deb(1) select suitable defaults. N: N: Refer to https://bugs.debian.org/829100 and the dpkg-deb(1) manual page N: for details. N: N: Severity: warning N: N: Check: debian/source-dir N: W: tdealternatives-trinity source: debian-source-options-has-custom-compression-settings compression-level = 9 (line 3) W: tdealternatives-trinity: description-synopsis-starts-with-article N: N: The first line of the "Description:" should omit any initial indefinite N: or definite article: "a", "an", or "the". A good heuristic is that it N: should be possible to substitute the package name and synopsis into this N: formula: N: N: The package name provides {a,an,the,some} synopsis. N: N: Refer to Debian Developer's Reference section 6.2.2 (The package N: synopsis, or short description) for details. N: N: Severity: warning N: N: Check: fields/description N: W: tdealternatives-trinity source: epoch-change-without-comment 0.10-0 -> 4:14.2.0~pre26-0ubuntu20.04.0+6 N: N: The previous version of this package had a different version epoch (eg. N: 2:1.0-1) to the current version but there's no reference to this in the N: changelog entry. N: N: Epochs exist to cope with changes to the upstream version numbering N: scheme. Whilst they are a powerful tool, increasing or adding an epoch N: has many downsides including causing issues with versioned dependencies, N: being misleading to users and being aesthetically unappealing. Whilst N: they should be avoided, valid reasons to add or increment the epoch N: include: N: N: - Upstream changed their versioning scheme in a way that makes the N: latest version lower than the previous one. N: - You need to permanently revert to a lower upstream version. N: N: Temporary revertions (eg. after an NMU) should use not modify or N: introduce an epoch - please use the CURRENT+reallyFORMER until you can N: upload the latest version again. N: N: If you are unsure whether you need to increase the epoch for a package, N: please consult the debian-devel mailing list. N: N: Lintian looks in this version's changelog entry for the phrase "epoch". N: N: Severity: warning N: N: Check: debian/changelog N: W: tdealternatives-trinity: hardening-no-relro opt/trinity/lib/trinity/kcm_tdealternatives.so N: N: This package provides an ELF binary that lacks the "read-only N: relocation" link flag. This package was likely not built with the N: default Debian compiler flags defined by dpkg-buildflags. If built using N: dpkg-buildflags directly, be sure to import LDFLAGS. N: N: Refer to https://wiki.debian.org/Hardening for details. N: N: Severity: warning N: N: Check: binaries N: W: tdealternatives-trinity: package-has-unnecessary-activation-of-ldconfig-trigger N: N: The package activates the ldconfig trigger even though no shared N: libraries are installed in a directory controlled by the dynamic library N: loader. N: N: Note this may be triggered by a bug in debhelper, that causes it to N: auto-generate an ldconfig trigger for packages that do not need it. N: N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 8.1.1 (ldconfig) and N: https://bugs.debian.org/204975 for details. N: N: Severity: warning N: N: Check: shared-libs N: W: tdealternatives-trinity: unknown-section tde N: N: The "Section:" field in this package's control file is not one of the N: sections in use on the ftp archive. Valid sections are currently admin, N: comm, cli-mono, database, debug, devel, doc, editors, electronics, N: embedded, fonts, games, gnome, gnu-r, gnustep, graphics, hamradio, N: haskell, httpd, interpreters, java, javascript, kde, libdevel, libs, N: lisp, localization, kernel, mail, math, misc, net, news, ocaml, oldlibs, N: otherosfs, perl, php, python, ruby, rust, science, shells, sound, tex, N: text, utils, vcs, video, web, x11, xfce, zope. N: N: The section name should be preceded by "non-free/" if the package is in N: the non-free archive area, and by "contrib/" if the package is in the N: contrib archive area. N: N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 2.4 (Sections) for details. N: N: Severity: warning N: N: Check: fields/section N: W: tdealternatives-trinity: uses-dpkg-database-directly opt/trinity/lib/trinity/kcm_tdealternatives.so N: N: The listed file or maintainer script appears to access the internal N: database(s) of dpkg. N: N: The entire dpkg database, its layout and files are an internal interface N: and no program or package should be accessing it, other than dpkg itself N: and the suite of dpkg tools. N: N: Whilst the files may be editable by an admin, that's a supported (but N: unrecommended) feature reserved for humans and not for automatic tools. N: N: Refer to https://wiki.debian.org/DpkgConffileHandling for details. N: N: Severity: warning N: N: Check: files/contents N: I: tdealternatives-trinity source: debian-watch-file-is-missing N: N: This source package is not Debian-native but it does not have a N: debian/watch file. This file is used for automatic detection of new N: upstream versions by the Debian External Health Status project and other N: project infrastructure. If this package is maintained upstream, please N: consider adding a debian/watch file to detect new releases. N: N: If the package is not maintained upstream or if upstream uses a N: distribution mechanism that cannot be meaningfully monitored by uscan N: and the Debian External Health Status project, please consider adding a N: debian/watch file containing only comments documenting the situation. N: N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 4.11 (Optional upstream source N: location: debian/watch) and the uscan(1) manual page for details. N: N: Severity: info N: N: Check: debian/watch N: I: tdealternatives-trinity: extended-description-is-probably-too-short N: N: The extended description (the lines after the first line of the N: "Description:" field) is only one or two lines long. The extended N: description should provide a user with enough information to decide N: whether they want to install this package, what it contains, and how it N: compares to similar packages. One or two lines is normally not enough to N: do this. N: N: Refer to Debian Developer's Reference section 6.2.1 (General guidelines N: for package descriptions) and Debian Developer's Reference section 6.2.3 N: (The long description) for details. N: N: Severity: info N: N: Check: fields/description N: I: tdealternatives-trinity: hardening-no-bindnow opt/trinity/lib/trinity/kcm_tdealternatives.so N: N: This package provides an ELF binary that lacks the "bindnow" linker N: flag. N: N: This is needed (together with "relro") to make the "Global Offset Table" N: (GOT) fully read-only. The bindnow feature trades startup time for N: improved security. Please consider enabling this feature or consider N: overriding the tag (possibly with a comment about why). N: N: If you use dpkg-buildflags, you may have to add hardening=+bindnow or N: hardening=+all to DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS. N: N: The relevant compiler flags are set in LDFLAGS. N: N: Refer to https://wiki.debian.org/Hardening for details. N: N: Severity: info N: N: Check: binaries N: I: tdealternatives-trinity source: no-dh-sequencer N: N: This package does not use the dh sequencer in debian/rules. N: N: While maintainers may use a variety of build systems, this one is by far N: the most popular. N: N: Maintainers are strongly encouraged to use the dh sequencer in new N: packages and convert existing ones when appropriate. N: N: Severity: info N: N: Check: debian/rules/dh-sequencer N: I: tdealternatives-trinity source: testsuite-autopkgtest-missing N: N: This package does not declare a test suite. N: N: Having a test suite aids with automated quality assurance of the archive N: outside of your package. For example, if your package has a test suite N: it is possible to re-run that test suite when any of your package's N: dependencies have a new version and check whether that update causes N: problems for your package. N: N: In addition, since May 2018 these tests now influence migration from N: unstable to testing: N: N: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/05/msg00001.html N: N: Please add a debian/tests/control file to your package to declare a N: testsuite, but please make sure to only add autopkgtests if they provide N: meaningful coverage of your package. N: N: Refer to https://ci.debian.net/doc/ for details. N: N: Severity: info N: N: Check: testsuite N: P: tdealternatives-trinity source: file-contains-trailing-whitespace debian/control (line 12) N: N: This file appears to contain one or more lines with trailing whitespace N: characters. N: N: Whilst typically harmless and merely unsightly, they can often cause N: difficult-to-spot issues where tools interpret the whitespace characters N: literally as well as introduce unnecessary diff(1) noise. They are thus N: best avoided in their entirity. N: N: Whitespace at the end of lines may be removed with the following: N: N: $ sed -i -e 's@[[:space:]]*$@@g' debian/control debian/changelog N: N: If you use Emacs, you can also use "M-x wh-cl" (whitespace-cleanup). N: N: However, if you wish to only remove trailing spaces and leave trailing N: tabs (eg. for Makefiles), you can use the following code snippet: N: N: $ sed -i -e 's@[ ]*$@@g' debian/rules N: N: To remove empty lines from the end of a file, you can use: N: N: $ sed -i -e :a -e '/^\n*$/{$d;N;};/\n$/ba' debian/rules N: N: Severity: pedantic N: N: Check: cruft N: P: tdealternatives-trinity source: no-dep5-copyright N: N: This package does not use a machine-readable debian/copyright file. N: N: This format makes it easier to review licenses and can be easily parsed N: by Lintian. N: N: Refer to N: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ for N: details. N: N: Severity: pedantic N: N: Check: debian/copyright N: P: tdealternatives-trinity source: no-homepage-field N: N: This non-native package lacks a Homepage field. If the package has an N: upstream home page that contains useful information or resources for the N: end user, consider adding a Homepage control field to debian/control. N: N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 5.6.23 (Homepage) for details. N: N: Severity: pedantic N: N: Check: fields/homepage N: P: tdealternatives-trinity source: package-uses-old-debhelper-compat-version 10 N: N: The debhelper compatibility version used by this package is marked as N: not recommended by the debhelper developer. You may consider using a N: recommended compatibility version. N: N: The compatibility version can be set by specifying debhelper-compat (= N: 12) in your package's Build-Depends, by the legacy debian/compat file or N: even by setting and exporting DH_COMPAT in debian/rules. If it is not N: set in either place, debhelper defaults to the deprecated compatibility N: version 1. N: N: Refer to the debhelper(7) manual page for details. N: N: Severity: pedantic N: N: Check: debhelper N: P: tdealternatives-trinity source: rules-requires-root-missing N: N: The debian/control file is missing an explicit Rules-Requires-Root N: field. N: N: Traditionally, Debian packages have required root privileges for some N: debian/rules target requiring a split between build and binary targets. N: This makes the builds slower due to the increased amount of invocations N: as well as the overhead of fakeroot itself. N: N: Please specify (eg.) Rules-Requires-Root: no in the debian/control N: source stanza, but packagers should verify using diffoscope(1) that the N: binaries built with this field present are identical. N: N: Refer to /usr/share/doc/dpkg-dev/rootless-builds.txt.gz, Debian Policy N: Manual section 4.9.2 (debian/rules and Rules-Requires-Root), and Debian N: Policy Manual section 5.6.31 (Rules-Requires-Root) for details. N: N: Severity: pedantic N: N: Check: debian/control N: X: tdealternatives-trinity source: upstream-metadata-file-is-missing N: N: This source package is not Debian-native but it does not have a N: debian/upstream/metadata file. N: N: The Upstream MEtadata GAthered with YAml (UMEGAYA) project is an effort N: to collect meta-information about upstream projects from any source N: package. This file is in YAML format and it is used in to feed the data N: in the UltimateDebianDatabase. For example, it can contains the way the N: authors want their software be cited in publications and some N: bibliographic references about the software. N: N: Please add a debian/upstream/metadata file. N: N: Refer to https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep12/ and N: https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamMetadata for details. N: N: Severity: pedantic N: N: Check: debian/upstream/metadata N: N: This tag is experimental. Please file a bug report if the tag seems N: wrong. N: C: tdealternatives-trinity: control-tarball-compression-format xz N: N: This is the compressor format used for the control.tar tarball. N: N: Severity: classification N: N: Check: deb-format N: N: This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package. N: C: tdealternatives-trinity: data-tarball-compression-format xz N: N: This is the compressor format used for the data.tar tarball. N: N: Severity: classification N: N: Check: deb-format N: N: This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package. N: C: tdealternatives-trinity source: debhelper-compat-level 10 N: N: This is the debhelper compat level used specified by this package. N: N: Severity: classification N: N: Check: debhelper N: N: This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package. N: C: tdealternatives-trinity source: debian-build-system cdbs-with-debhelper.mk N: N: This is the build system that Lintian believes the package is using. N: N: Severity: classification N: N: Check: debhelper N: N: This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package. N: C: tdealternatives-trinity: no-ctrl-scripts N: N: The package does not rely on any maintainer scripts (or other executable N: control files). N: N: Severity: classification N: N: Check: control-files N: N: This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package. N: C: tdealternatives-trinity source: package-is-maintained-by-individual N: N: The package is maintained by an individual according to the N: maintainer/uploaders fields in the debian/control file. N: N: Severity: classification N: N: Check: fields/vcs N: N: This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package. N: C: tdealternatives-trinity: package-is-maintained-by-individual C: tdealternatives-trinity source: patch-system quilt N: N: This package uses the specified patch system (eg. "quilt" or "dpatch"). N: N: Severity: classification N: N: Check: patch-systems N: N: This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package. N: C: tdealternatives-trinity source: source-format 3.0 (quilt) N: N: This is the source format declared in the package. N: N: Severity: classification N: N: Check: debian/source-dir N: N: This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package. N: --------------------