From: peter@pblackman.plus.com   
      
   On 18/02/2026 01:09, Adrian Dombeck wrote:   
   > Package: licenserecon   
   > Version: 11.0   
   > Severity: normal   
   >   
   > Dear Maintainer,   
   >   
   > According to the comment in /usr/share/lrc/lrc.config:   
   >   
   > > # Directories identified by trailing slash /   
   > > # Entire contents will be (recursively) excluded.   
   > > debian/patches/   
   >   
   > directories listed in debian/lrc.config should be excluded recursively.   
      
   No. Recursive exclusion was deemed too aggressive and was withdrawn,   
   but I overlooked changing the comment!   
      
   I'll close this bug by fixing that comment.   
      
      
   > In practice, only files directly in the listed directory are excluded, files   
   in subdirectories are not.   
   >   
   > Here is a minimal example to reproduce the issue:   
      
   OK, but do you have an example of a real package where this is considered an   
   issue?   
      
   ISTM that if it is considered desirable to exclude a whole directory tree from   
   license checking,   
   that something must be seriously wrong,   
   either with licensecheck or the copyright file itself.   
      
      
   Cheers,   
   Peter   
      
   P.S.   
   Maybe you could use a license alias here?   
      
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