On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 08:30:11AM +0100, Jean-Christian BEDIER wrote: > 2007/12/25, Mauro <lavaramano@gmail.com>: > > > > On Dec 24, 2007 5:17 PM, Jean-Christian BEDIER <jc.bedier@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > Thanks for your answer, i'm actually working on warning when i use > > lintian, > > > some of them seems to be strange, maybe someone could help me a little > > bit? > > > > could you paste those warnings here or on http://pastebin.com/ ? > > in my small experience, those warnings are mostly because you missed > > something in the control file, or the files in the directory debian > > are not well formated. > > Hi, > > I wish you add a merry xmas ;) > > Next a pastebin link for my lintian warning: > > http://pastebin.com/m4a6f2da0 > > Thanks for your help ! Just a note: the lintian utility itself explains some of its warnings in more detail if you give it the "-i" option, as in: lintian -i backup-nas-0.1-1_i386.changes Also, it may give even more information (meaning warnings ;) if you add the "-I" (uppercase "i") option: lintian -Ii backup-nas-0.1-1_i386.changes So... let's take a look at the warnings that are troubling you, one by one. (Disclaimer: I am not a Debian developer, I just try to help sometimes :) > W: backup-nas: binary-without-manpage backup-nas // OK i understand this > one no problem Yep, that's a pretty clearly worded warning :) It is part of the Debian Policy that every binary, be it an executable program, a script, or whatnot, should have a manual page. Now you have two options - either write a manual page and incorporate it into your "real" source (in the backup-nas-0.1.tar.gz, I assume, although it might be better to release a new version with the manual page), or write a manual page as part of the Debian package. If your Debian package uses debhelper, take a look at the dh_installman(1) program - it will look for an e.g. backup-nas.1 file in your debian/ directory and do the right thing with it. Of course, there are other ways to handle Debian-specific manual pages, too. > W: backup-nas: executable-not-elf-or-script > ./etc/backup-nas/backup-nas.conf // Why ? i already add this path in > my conffiles The problem here is not that it is not a conffile, but that it has been installed with the executable bit set. The lintian utility examines the permissions on all files that a package installs, and it considers a file to be executable if it, well, has the "x" bit set in its mode :) What commands do you use to actually place the backup-nas.conf file into the staging area's etc/ directory? Maybe you should specify a mode there - 644 would be more like a config file, maybe even 600 if only root should be able to see its contents. > W: backup-nas: syntax-error-in-debian-changelog line 7 "badly > formatted heading line" There seem to be two things wrong with the last line of your changelog: - it does not start with a space, but "--" straight away; - there is only one space after your e-mail address before the date. Take a look at section 4.4 of the Debian Policy; the last line of your changelog should be more like: -- Jean-Christian BEDIER <jc.bedier@mymail.com> Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:38:49 -0700 (note the leading space and the additional space before "Mon") Another comment about your changelog file: you seem to be leaving two blank lines between entries; one should be enough :) > W: backup-nas: syntax-error-in-debian-changelog line 7 "found eof > where expected more change data or trailer" This is a follow-up to the previous warning - it's just that lintian could not find a line that says who made the last slew of changes and when, simply because it could not parse your changelog's last line. Hope this helps; try to fix these warnings (I hope my advice has been at least somewhat correct), and feel free to ask for more help if needed :) G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@cnsys.bg roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 I am the thought you are now thinking.
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