$ lintian --pedantic --display-info --verbose --info --profile ubuntu ell_0.50-1~jammyppa1.dsc N: Using profile ubuntu/main. N: Starting on group ell/0.50-1~jammyppa1 N: Unpacking packages in group ell/0.50-1~jammyppa1 N: Finished processing group ell/0.50-1~jammyppa1 N: ---- N: Processing source package ell N: (version 0.50-1~jammyppa1, arch source) ... W: ell source: dep5-copyright-license-name-not-unique (paragraph at line 270) N: N: This paragraph defines an already defined license. N: N: According to the specification, short license names are required to be N: unique within a single copyright file. N: N: This tag could be raised by something like this: N: N: Files: filea ... N: Copyright: 2009, ... N: License: LGPL-2.1 N: This program is free software; N: ... N: N: Files: fileb ... N: Copyright: 2009, ... N: License: LGPL-2.1 N: This program is free software; N: ... N: N: In this case, you redefine LGPL-2.1 license. You should use a N: stand-alone paragraph or merge the two files (using a single paragraph). N: N: Refer to N: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ for N: details. N: N: Severity: warning N: N: Check: debian/copyright N: W: ell source: dep5-copyright-license-name-not-unique (paragraph at line 275) W: ell source: dep5-copyright-license-name-not-unique fsfullr (paragraph at line 102) W: ell source: dep5-copyright-license-name-not-unique gpl-2+ with autoconf-data exception (paragraph at line 102) W: ell source: missing-license-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright fsfullr (paragraph at line 167) N: N: The files paragraph in the machine readable copyright file references a N: license, for which no standalone license paragraph exists. N: N: Refer to N: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ for N: details. N: N: Severity: warning N: N: Check: debian/copyright N: W: ell source: newer-standards-version 4.6.0 (current is 4.5.0) N: N: The source package refers to a Standards-Version which is newer than the N: highest one Lintian is programmed to check. If the source package is N: correct, then please upgrade Lintian to the newest version. (If there is N: no newer Lintian version, then please bug lintian-maint@debian.org to N: make one.) N: N: Severity: warning N: N: Check: fields/standards-version N: I: ell source: override_dh_auto_test-does-not-check-DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS (line 13) N: N: The debian/rules file for this package has an override_dh_auto_test N: target that does not appear to check DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS against nocheck. N: N: As this check is not automatically performed by debhelper(1), the N: specified testsuite is run regardless of another maintainer using the N: nocheck build option. N: N: Please add a check such as: N: N: override_dh_auto_test: N: ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS))) N: ./run-upstream-testsuite N: endif N: N: Lintian will ignore comments and other lines such as: N: N: # Disabled N: : Disabled N: echo "Disabled" N: mkdir foo/ N: ENV=var dh_auto_test -- ARG=value N: N: This check is not required in Debhelper compat level 13 or greater (see N: #568897). N: N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 4.9.1 (debian/rules and N: DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS) and N: https://wiki.debian.org/BuildProfileSpec#Registered_profile_names for N: details. N: N: Severity: info N: N: Check: debian/rules N: I: ell source: testsuite-autopkgtest-missing N: N: This package does not declare a test suite. N: N: Having a test suite aids with automated quality assurance of the archive N: outside of your package. For example, if your package has a test suite N: it is possible to re-run that test suite when any of your package's N: dependencies have a new version and check whether that update causes N: problems for your package. N: N: In addition, since May 2018 these tests now influence migration from N: unstable to testing: N: N: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/05/msg00001.html N: N: Please add a debian/tests/control file to your package to declare a N: testsuite, but please make sure to only add autopkgtests if they provide N: meaningful coverage of your package. N: N: Refer to https://ci.debian.net/doc/ for details. N: N: Severity: info N: N: Check: testsuite N: P: ell source: package-uses-experimental-debhelper-compat-version 13 N: N: The debhelper compatibility version used by this package is marked as N: experimental by the debhelper developer. You should consider using a N: stable compatibility version instead. N: N: The compatibility version can be set by specifying debhelper-compat (= N: 12) in your package's Build-Depends, by the legacy debian/compat file or N: even by setting and exporting DH_COMPAT in debian/rules. If it is not N: set in either place, debhelper defaults to the deprecated compatibility N: version 1. N: N: Refer to the debhelper(7) manual page for details. N: N: Severity: pedantic N: N: Check: debhelper N: N: 6 tags overridden (6 warnings)