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diff --git a/tags/o/odd-historical-debian-changelog-version.tag b/tags/o/odd-historical-debian-changelog-version.tag new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ef39a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/tags/o/odd-historical-debian-changelog-version.tag @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Tag: odd-historical-debian-changelog-version +Severity: warning +Check: debian/changelog +Explanation: The version string in a historical changelog entry was not parsed + correctly. Usually, that means it does not conform to policy. + . + It can also happen when a package changes from native to non-native + (or the other way around). Historical entries are then in a nonconforming + format. + . + As a side note, Lintian cannot tell whether a package changed from + naive to non-native, or the other way around. It can only say whether + the historical changelog entries comply with the current nativeness of a + package. +See-Also: + debian-policy 5.6.12 |