file package maintainer here ...

Dear maintainer,

the next version 5.47 of the file package is currently in experimental,
and as I've learned via the pseudo excuses¹, this introduces a regression
in your (autopkg)test.

Root cause: Lintian expects a perticular output from file(1) in the
cruft-wasm test that is no longer given.

Hi Christoph,

I do not know much about wasm, but from lintian's point of view, both
MVP and components would be considered as generated source, right?

My reading online suggests that one would "generate" component and not
write it by hand.
This is likely not necessary.

lintian was taking the `\0asm` part from webassembly file output [1]. Which
changed from "WebAssembly (wasm) binary module" to "WebAssembly (wasm) binary"
here [2].

Fortunately, the former is a prefix string of the latter, so all flagged things
earlier should work as-is.

I've fixed this with new file here

https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/merge_requests/736

If you could take a look and give me a go ahead, that'd be great. I'll be happy
to make an upload this weekend, so things go smoothly for you when you upload
file, as lintian would have migrated to testing by then.

[1] https://github.com/file/file/blob/master/magic/Magdir/webassembly#L13
[2] https://github.com/file/file/commit/6b5e54014

Best,
Nilesh

Nilesh Patra wrote...

Well, whatever sails your boat :)  I've uploaded 1:5.47-3 to unstable now,
if the "excuses" page gives a green tomorrow, all will be fine. If not ...

Then possibly I mis-understood how the test in lintian works. Just
assume my best intentions: A package I'm reponsible for disrupts other
packages, so let the maintainers know about this as soon as possible.

Unfortunately salsa always gives me a hard time accessing their
services. But I trust you did the right thing.

    Christoph

Hello,

Bug #1137660 in lintian reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/commit/8b5d458774b6cbfb35a31c7ac69b25f1cc931621

(this message was generated automatically)
-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1137660

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lintian, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1137660@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org> (supplier of updated lintian package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:07:28 +0530
Source: lintian
Architecture: source
Version: 2.136.2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers <lintian-maint@debian.org>
Changed-By: Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org>
Closes: 1137660
Changes:
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 .
   [ Nilesh Patra ]
   * Adjust regex for detecting prebuilt wasm with new version
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