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debug-suffix-not-dbg

This package provides at least one file in /usr/lib/debug, which is intended for detached debugging symbols, but the package name does not end in "-dbg". Detached debugging symbols should be put into a separate package, Priority: extra, with a package name ending in "-dbg".

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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 2.112.0 release tag in our Git repository.

You can find the detection logic for this version at commit 25e9483. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check files/debug.

Visibility: warning

Renamed from:
  • debug-package-should-be-named-dbg

The following 10 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 11 times (in any Lintian version).

We found 4 overrides. The tag performed 64% of the time.