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+# debian/lintian-overrides/comments -- lintian check script -*- perl -*-
+
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2021 Felix Lechner
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, you can find it on the World Wide
+# Web at https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html, or write to the Free
+# Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+# MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+package Lintian::Check::Debian::LintianOverrides::Comments;
+
+use v5.20;
+use warnings;
+use utf8;
+
+use POSIX qw(ENOENT);
+
+use Lintian::Spelling qw(check_spelling check_spelling_picky);
+
+use Moo;
+use namespace::clean;
+
+with 'Lintian::Check';
+
+sub always {
+    my ($self) = @_;
+
+    my @declared_overrides = @{$self->processable->overrides};
+
+    for my $override (@declared_overrides) {
+
+        next
+          unless length $override->justification;
+
+        my $tag_name = $override->tag_name;
+
+        # comments appear one or more lines before the override
+        # but they were concatenated
+        my $position = $override->position - 1;
+
+        my $pointer= $self->processable->override_file->pointer($position);
+
+        check_spelling(
+            $self->data,
+            $override->justification,
+            $self->group->spelling_exceptions,
+            $self->emitter('spelling-in-override-comment',$pointer, $tag_name)
+        );
+
+        check_spelling_picky(
+            $self->data,
+            $override->justification,
+            $self->emitter(
+                'capitalization-in-override-comment',
+                $pointer,$tag_name
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    return;
+}
+
+sub emitter {
+    my ($self, @prefixed) = @_;
+
+    return sub {
+        return $self->pointed_hint(@prefixed, @_);
+    };
+}
+
+1;
+
+# Local Variables:
+# indent-tabs-mode: nil
+# cperl-indent-level: 4
+# End:
+# vim: syntax=perl sw=4 sts=4 sr et