W no-section-field-for-source
All reports of no-section-field-for-source for the archive. The extended description of this tag is:
The package does not have a "Section:" field in the source package section of its control file. The Section field is required for source packages at the request of the Debian ftp-masters.
Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 5.2 (Source package control files â
debian/control) for details.Severity: normal, Certainty: certain
Check: control-file, Type: source
Evolution of the no-section-field-for-source Lintian tag over the past 366 days:
Emitted (non-overridden): 1, overridden: 0, total: 1
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