Lintian ReportsBETA

unquoted-string-in-menu-item

The given menu item includes a tag with an unquoted string that looks like section=Games instead of section="Games".

That use is deprecated. Please quote the string.

For more information please consult:

  • Syntax (Section 3.2) in the Debian Menu System

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 fd97859. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check menu-format.

Visibility: warning

The following 5 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 12 times (in any Lintian version).

There were no overrides.