Lintian strings scripts cannot handle spaces in path names

Can you please provide a sample source package? I can't reproduce this in my trials.

I've been aware of it for a while now. There was no real hurry to fix it because dpkg-dev itself was failing (see debbugs#565712).

Setting as Incomplete until steps to reproduce the issue are provided. These are necessary in order to test and verify the patch works before sending it upstream.

On 6 May 2010 02:37, Nathan Handler <email address hidden> wrote:
> Setting as Incomplete until steps to reproduce the issue are provided.
> These are necessary in order to test and verify the patch works before
> sending it upstream.
>

The upstream author replied above that he is aware of the issue and is
pending on figuring out how to fit this into lintian reorganisation
work......

> ** Changed in: lintian (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Lintian strings scripts cannot handle spaces in path names
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/540342
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This bug was fixed in the package lintian - 2.4.2ubuntu1

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lintian (2.4.2ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian unstable. (LP: #599372) Remaining changes:
    - Don't warn about a symlinked changelog file in Ubuntu due to CDBS.

lintian (2.4.2) unstable; urgency=low

  The "Policy 3.9.0" release.

  * Summary of tag changes:
    + Added:
      - arch-wildcard-in-binary-package
      - bad-provided-package-name
      - conflicts-with-version
      - copyright-refers-to-deprecated-bsd-license-file
      - init.d-script-depends-on-unknown-virtual-facility
      - team-upload-has-incorrect-version-number
      - xc-package-type-in-debian-control (pedantic)
    + Removed:
      - arch-any-in-binary-pkg (now in arch-wildcard-in-binary-package)
      - package-type-in-debian-control

  * checks/changes-file.desc:
    + [RA] Add references for file-size-mismatch-in-changes-file and
      checksum-mismatch-in-changes-file.
  * checks/control-file{,.desc}:
    + [RA] Remove package-type-in-debian-control now that dpkg-dev handles
      it as desired by the d-i team. xc-package-type-in-debian-control
      replaces it as a pedantic check to encourage switching to the
      official name. Thanks, Raphael Hertzog.
    + [RA] Add reference for debian-control-with-duplicate-fields.
  * checks/copyright-file{,.desc}:
    + [RA] Deprecate references to /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD in
      debian/copyright following the change in Policy 3.8.5.
  * checks/fields{,.desc}:
    + [RA] Allow Breaks without a version if the broken package is a
      virtual package.
    + [RG] Check for invalid package names in provided (virtual)
      packages.
    + [RG] Exclude dash from the depends-on-essential-package checks, as
      per discusion in debian-devel. (Closes: #587209)
    + [RA] Allow architecture wildcards in build relations and in the
      Architecture field of binary and source packages. (Closes: #582804)
    + [RA] Rename arch-any-in-binary-pkg to arch-wildcard-in-binary-package
      and diagnose any architecture wildcard, not just "any".
    + [RA] Warn of using Conflicts with a version, which should normally
      be Breaks instead, but only at wild-guess certainty for now.
  * checks/huge-usr-share{,.desc}:
    + [RA] Count file size from the tar listing rather than using du. The
      results of du vary based on file system and other factors and make
      the tag difficult to test.
  * checks/init.d{,.desc}:
    + [RG] Check for init.d scripts depending on unknown virtual
      facilities.
    + [RA] Remove checkroot from the list of scripts that should use a
      virtual dependency since $local_fs is not quite the same and some
      packages (cryptsetup) care about the difference. (Closes: #580082)
  * checks/manpages{,.desc}:
    + [RA] Run man page checks using the en_US.UTF-8 locale now that we
      guarantee it exists. Should hopefully fix occasional problems with
      col complaining about bad multibyte characters. (Closes: #575661)
  * checks/menu-format.desc:
    + [RA] Fix typo in long description of duplicated-key-in-desktop-entry.
      Thanks, Niels Thykier. (Closes: #580700)
  * checks/menus:
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