#755785 lintian: Buggy rc-version-greater-than-expected-version check

Package:
lintian
Source:
lintian
Submitter:
Sylvestre Ledru
Date:
2015-04-17 00:21:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
Blocked By:
Bug Title
782717

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 lintian: rc-version-greater-than-expected-version should check previous changelog entry's version number

wishlist stable testing unstable over 8 years ago

#755785#5
Date:
2014-07-23 09:35:45 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

Working on llvm packaging, if I set 3.5~+rc1, lintian wrongly complains with:
W: libclang1-3.5-dbg: rc-version-greater-than-expected-version 3.5~+rc1 > 3.5~ (consider using 3.5~~rc1)

The expected version is going to be 3.5, not 3.5~.

Thanks,
Sylvestre
PS: Yes, my name could be better. That is not the point :)
#755785#10
Date:
2015-04-17 00:16:48 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Sylvestre,

Sylvestre Ledru wrote:
[...]

Actually I think, that _is_ the point. With your argumentation we
should even support 3.5~+-.rc1 and I tend to refuse to implement
something like that. So that would be a wontfix from me.

But since this issue likely would be fixed, too, by fixing
https://bugs.debian.org/782717
(rc-version-greater-than-expected-version should check previous
changelog entry's version number), I'm just adding #782717 as blocking
bug. :-)

		Regards, Axel