debian-control-has-unusual-field-spacing
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.
For more information please consult:
- Syntax of control files (Section 5.1) in the Debian Policy Manual
The tag is present in Lintian version 2.114.163.
That is the most recent version we know about.
We use semantic versions.
The patch number is a commit step indicator relative to the
2.114.0
release tag in our Git
repository.
You can find the detection logic for this version at commit ea05801. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check debian/control/field/spacing.
Visibility: pedantic