Lintian tag: debian-control-has-unusual-field-spacing

Type: pedantic

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

A field in the debian/control file has an unusual amount of whitespace
after the colon.

The syntax for Deb822 files permits any kind of space, but according to
Policy there is a convention to use a single space after the colon.

Please refer to Syntax of control files (Section 5.1) in the Debian Policy
Manual for details.

Visibility: pedantic
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/control/field/spacing

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