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libtemplate-perl_3.102-1~debusine1.dsc

W source-nmu-has-incorrect-version-number 

A source NMU should have a Debian revision of "-x.x" (or "+nmuX" for a
native package). This is to prevent stealing version numbers from the
maintainer.

Maybe you didn't intend this upload to be a NMU, in that case, please
double-check that the most recent entry in the changelog is byte-for-byte
identical to the maintainer or one of the uploaders. If this is a local
package (not intended for Debian), you can suppress this warning by
putting "local" in the version number or "local package" on the first line
of the changelog entry.

Please refer to NMUs and debian/changelog (Section 5.11.2) in the Debian
Developer's Reference for details.

Visibility: warning
Show-Always: no
Check: nmu

I older-debian-watch-file-standard 

The version= line in the debian/watch file in this package declares an
older version. Please upgrade when you have a chance.

Please refer to the uscan(1) manual page for details.

Visibility: info
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/watch/standard

I out-of-date-standards-version 

The source package refers to a Standards-Version older than the one that
was current at the time the package was created (according to the
timestamp of the latest debian/changelog entry). Please consider updating
the package to current Policy and setting this control field
appropriately.

If the package is already compliant with the current standards, you don't
have to re-upload the package just to adjust the Standards-Version control
field. However, please remember to update this field next time you upload
the package.

See /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.txt.gz in the
debian-policy package for a summary of changes in newer versions of
Policy.

Please refer to
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.html for
details.

Visibility: info
Show-Always: no
Check: fields/standards-version

I upstream-metadata-missing-bug-tracking 

The DEP 12 metadata file does not specify any upstream bug tracking
information (ie. the Bug-Database or Bug-Submit fields are missing).

The upstream metadata can be found in the source package in the file
debian/upstream/metadata.

Please refer to https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep12/ for details.

Visibility: info
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/upstream/metadata

P no-dep5-copyright 

This package does not use a machine-readable debian/copyright file.

This format makes it easier to review licenses and can be easily parsed by
Lintian.

Please refer to
https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ for
details.

Visibility: pedantic
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/copyright/dep5

P silent-on-rules-requiring-root 

The field Rules-Requires-Root is missing from the file debian/control.

Over time, Debian has successively narrowed the steps for which elevated
privileges are required. It speeds up the building of installation
packages in the archive. Eventually, Debian will switch the default
archive-wide behaviour to expedite the build process further.

Please declare explicitly that the sources do not require root privileges.
You can use the setting Rules-Requires-Root: no in the source stanza of
debian/control, but please verify with diffoscope(1) that the installation
packages produced are in fact identical.

Please refer to usr/share/doc/dpkg/spec/rootless-builds.txt, debian/rules
and Rules-Requires-Root (Section 4.9.2) in the Debian Policy Manual, and
Rules-Requires-Root (Section 5.6.31) in the Debian Policy Manual for
details.

Visibility: pedantic
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/control/field/rules-requires-root
Renamed from: rules-requires-root-missing

P trailing-whitespace

X debian-watch-does-not-check-openpgp-signature 

This watch file does not specify a means to verify the upstream tarball
using a cryptographic signature.

If upstream distributions provides such signatures, please use the
pgpsigurlmangle options in this watch file's opts= to generate the URL of
an upstream OpenPGP signature. This signature is automatically downloaded
and verified against a keyring stored in debian/upstream/signing-key.asc

Of course, not all upstreams provide such signatures but you could request
them as a way of verifying that no third party has modified the code after
its release (projects such as phpmyadmin, unrealircd, and proftpd have
suffered from this kind of attack).

Please refer to the uscan(1) manual page for details.

Visibility: pedantic
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/watch
Renamed from: debian-watch-does-not-check-gpg-signature
debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature
This tag is experimental.

C debhelper-compat-level 

This is the debhelper compat level used specified by this package.

Visibility: classification
Show-Always: no
Check: debhelper
This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package.

C debhelper-compat-virtual-relation 

This package is using the debhelper-compat virtual package as a
build-dependency.

Visibility: classification
Show-Always: no
Check: debhelper
This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package.

C debian-build-system 

This is the build system that Lintian believes the package is using.

Visibility: classification
Show-Always: no
Check: debhelper
This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package.

C debian-watch-file-standard 

The watch file uses this version standard. The currently known watch file
versions are 2, 3 and 4. Version 1 means it was undeclared.

Please refer to the uscan(1) manual page for details.

Visibility: classification
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/watch/standard
This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package.

C mail-contact

C package-is-maintained-by-individual

C patch-system 

This package uses the specified patch system (eg. "quilt" or "dpatch").

Visibility: classification
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/patches
This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package.

C source-format 

This is the source format declared in the package.

Visibility: classification
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/source-dir
This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package.

C standards-version 

The standards version of the package according to Standards-Version field
in the debian/control file.

Visibility: classification
Show-Always: no
Check: fields/standards-version
This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package.

C trimmed-deb822-field

C trimmed-field

C upstream-metadata

C upstream-metadata-exists 

The sources contain a DEP 12 metadata file.

Please refer to https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep12/ for details.

Visibility: classification
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/upstream/metadata
This tag is a classification. There is no issue in your package.

libtemplate-perl_3.102-1~debusine1_armel.deb

I debian-news-entry-uses-asterisk 

The latest entry in NEWS.Debian appears to use asterisks to present
changes in a bulleted list, similar to the normal changelog syntax. The
Debian Developer's Reference recommends using regular paragraphs in
NEWS.Debian rather than a bulleted list.

Please refer to Common errors in changelog entries (Section 6.3.4) in the
Debian Developer's Reference for details.

Visibility: info
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/changelog

I hardening-no-bindnow 

This package provides an ELF binary that lacks the "bindnow" linker flag.

This is needed (together with "relro") to make the "Global Offset Table"
(GOT) fully read-only. The bindnow feature trades startup time for
improved security. Please consider enabling this feature or consider
overriding the tag (possibly with a comment about why).

If you use dpkg-buildflags, you may have to add hardening=+bindnow or
hardening=+all to DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS.

The relevant compiler flags are set in LDFLAGS.

Please refer to https://wiki.debian.org/Hardening for details.

Visibility: info
Show-Always: no
Check: binaries/hardening

I typo-in-manual-page

X application-in-library-section

X library-package-name-for-application

C control-tarball-compression-format

C data-tarball-compression-format

C mail-contact

C no-ctrl-scripts

C package-is-maintained-by-individual

C trimmed-field

libtemplate-perl-dbgsym_3.102-1~debusine1_armel.deb

C control-tarball-compression-format

C data-tarball-compression-format

C mail-contact

C no-ctrl-scripts

C package-is-maintained-by-individual

C trimmed-field

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