Lintian tag: files-excluded-without-copyright-format-1.0
Type: error
Description (from lintian-explain-tags
)
The Files-Excluded field in debian/copyright is used to exclude files from
upstream source packages such as when they violate the Debian Free
Software Guidelines
However, this field will be ignored by uscan(1) if the copyright file is
not declared as following the 1.0 format.
Please ensure your debian/copyright file starts with the following line:
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Please refer to the uscan(1) manual page for details.
Visibility: error
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Check: debian/copyright/dep5
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