From: nilesh@debian.org   
      
   On 19/02/26 7:21 pm, Hefee wrote:   
   > Package: lintian   
   > Version: 2.129.0   
   > Severity: normal   
   > X-Debbugs-Cc: hefee@debian.org   
   >   
   > Hey,   
   >   
   > if I run lintian against torsocks it returns warning   
   > debian-news-entry-has-unknown-version 2.0.0-1.   
   > I checked myself an I find a 2.0.0-1 in d/changelog and the date in   
   > changelog is written 3mins later so both checks are fine.   
   >   
   > https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-privacy-team/torsocks/-/blob/debi   
   n/sid/debian/NEWS?ref_type=heads   
   > https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-privacy-team/torsocks/-/blob/debi   
   n/sid/debian/changelog?ref_type=heads#L224   
   >   
   > You can also see this warning in salsa-ci:   
   >   
   > https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-privacy-team/torsocks/-/jobs/9077770#L45   
   >   
   > W: libtorsocks: debian-news-entry-has-unknown-version 2.0.0-1    
   usr/share/doc/libtorsocks/NEWS.Debian.gz]   
   >   
   > Interessing enough this warning is not listed in tracker nor was this an   
   > issue before.   
      
   That was because the previous version did not ship a NEWS in the `.deb`.   
   You can even see this missing in trixie's file list https://pack   
   ges.debian.org/trixie/amd64/libtorsocks/filelist   
      
   | $ ar x libtorsocks_2.5.0-4_amd64.deb   
   | $ tar -tf data.tar.xz   
   | ./   
   | ./usr/   
   | ./usr/lib/   
   | ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/   
   | ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtorsocks.a   
   | ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtorsocks.la   
   | ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtorsocks.so.0.0.0   
   | ./usr/share/   
   | ./usr/share/doc/   
   | ./usr/share/doc/libtorsocks/   
   | ./usr/share/doc/libtorsocks/changelog.Debian.gz   
   | ./usr/share/doc/libtorsocks/changelog.gz   
   | ./usr/share/doc/libtorsocks/copyright   
   | ./usr/share/lintian/   
   | ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/   
   | ./usr/share/lintian/overrides/libtorsocks   
   | ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtorsocks.so   
   | ./usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtorsocks.so.0   
   | $ tar -tf data.tar.xz | grep -i news   
      
   It however does ship news file now https://packages.debian.org/s   
   d/amd64/libtorsocks/filelist   
      
   Why that was the case is a question for you to answer.   
      
   Now coming to the lintian warning: this is because at some point changelogs   
   started to get trimmed.   
   This was set to the date buster was released (2019-07-06).   
      
   Given that your NEWS entry dates back to 2014, it does not make sense to ship   
   that anymore. At least   
   not with that version.   
      
   I've proposed a patch https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-   
   merge_requests/667 to rename the tag   
   and add more verbose explanation.   
      
   Best,   
   Nilesh   
      
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