#1006556 lintian: copyright-refers-to-versionless-license-file and copyright-refers-to-symlink-license seem to be about the same issue

Package:
lintian
Source:
lintian
Submitter:
Axel Beckert
Date:
2026-01-10 11:39:42 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1006556#5
Date:
2022-02-27 19:14:31 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

I did this change to a debian/copyright file (at least I think that
changes caused what I describe below):

    On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
  - License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL file, always
  + License can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL", always
    pointing to the latest version of the GPL.

Before this change, lintian argued:

  copyright-refers-to-versionless-license-file usr/share/common-licenses/GPL

Afterwards it argued:

  copyright-refers-to-symlink-license usr/share/common-licenses/GPL

I don't see why this should make a difference nor why there are two
different lintian tags for seemingly the same issue.

(And yes, I noticed it via Lintian Overrides. :-)
#1006556#10
Date:
2026-01-10 10:08:08 UTC
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To:
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