Lintian tag: source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file

Type: error

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

The source tarball contains a prebuilt Microsoft precompiled help file
(CHM file). These are often included by mistake when developers generate a
tarball without cleaning the source directory first.

CHM files are mainly produced by proprietary, Windows-specific software.
They are also mainly consumed by the Microsoft HTML Help Workshop.

Whilst there is free software to read and write them, any examples
existing in source packages are likely to be created by the proprietary
Microsoft software and are probably missing the source HTML and associated
files.

If there is no sign this was intended, consider reporting it as an
upstream bug.

Visibility: error
Show-Always: no
Check: files/banned/compiled-help

Affected packages

source version binary level tag count information
archmage 1:0.4.2.1-3 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [tests/example.chm]
dita-ot 1.5.4+dfsg-2 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [doc/userguide.chm]
hexbox 1.5.0-5.1 error source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [sources/Sandcastle/Documentation.chm]
libmspack 0.11-1.1 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [test/test_files/chmd/cve-2015-4468-namelen-bounds.chm]
libmspack 0.11-1.1 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [test/test_files/chmd/cve-2018-18585-blank-filenames.chm]
libmspack 0.11-1.1 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [test/test_files/chmd/cve-2015-4472-namelen-bounds.chm]
libmspack 0.11-1.1 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [test/test_files/chmd/cve-2018-14680-blank-filenames.chm]
libmspack 0.11-1.1 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [test/test_files/chmd/cve-2015-4469-namelen-bounds.chm]
libpolyclipping 6.4.2-8 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [Documentation/clipper.chm]
nvidia-cg-toolkit 3.1.0013-5 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [i386/local/Cg/docs/CgReferenceManual.chm]
nvidia-cg-toolkit 3.1.0013-5 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [amd64/local/Cg/docs/CgReferenceManual.chm]
openmcdf 1.5.4-3.1 error source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [help/OpenMCDF.chm]
patool 4.0.1-1 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [tests/data/t.chm]
povray 1:3.7.0.10-3 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [libraries/zlib/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib.chm]
povray 1:3.7.0.10-3 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [distribution/platform-specific/windows/Help/povray37.chm]
povray 1:3.8.0~beta.2-2 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [libraries/zlib/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib.chm]
povray 1:3.8.0~beta.2-2 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [distribution/platform-specific/windows/Help/povray.chm]
virtualbox 7.2.0-dfsg-2 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [src/libs/dxmt-0.60/external/nvapi/docs/NVAPI_Reference_OpenSource.chm]
xboard 4.9.1-3 overridden source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [winboard/help/winboard.chm]
xmlcopyeditor 1.3.1.0-1.1 error source-contains-prebuilt-ms-help-file 1 [src/help/xmlcopyeditor.chm]