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package-has-long-file-name

The package has a very long filename. This may complicate shipping the package on some media that put restrictions on the length of the filenames (such as CDs).

For architecture dependent packages, the tag is emitted based on the length of the longest architecture name rather than the name of the current architecture.

For more information please consult:

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 d219a5a. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check archive/file/name/length.

Visibility: warning

The following 388 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 473 times (in any Lintian version).

We found 5 overrides. The tag performed 99% of the time.