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+# debian-readme -- lintian check script -*- perl -*-
+
+# Copyright (C) 1998 Richard Braakman
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, you can find it on the World Wide
+# Web at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html, or write to the Free
+# Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+# MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+package Lintian::debian_readme;
+use strict;
+use Spelling;
+use Tags;
+
+sub run {
+
+my $pkg = shift;
+my $type = shift;
+my $readme = "";
+my $template;
+
+if (open(IN, '<', "README.Debian")) {
+ local $_;
+ while (<IN>) {
+ if (m,/usr/doc\b,) {
+ tag 'readme-debian-mentions-usr-doc', "line $.";
+ }
+ $readme .= $_;
+ }
+ close(IN);
+}
+
+my @template =
+ ('Comments regarding the Package',
+ 'So far nothing to say',
+ '<possible notes regarding this package - if none, delete this file>');
+my $regex = join ('|', @template);
+if ($readme =~ m/$regex/io) {
+ tag("readme-debian-contains-debmake-template");
+} elsif ($readme =~ m/^\s*-- [^<]*<[^> ]+.\@unknown>/m) {
+ tag("readme-debian-contains-debmake-default-email-address");
+}
+
+spelling_check('spelling-error-in-readme-debian', $readme);
+
+}
+
+1;
+
+# Local Variables:
+# indent-tabs-mode: nil
+# cperl-indent-level: 4
+# End:
+# vim: syntax=perl sw=4 sts=4 ts=4 et shiftround