Bug#932409: libconfig-model-dpkg-perl: When the installed debian-policy is older than the hardcoded one, the error message is unhelpful

[Clément Hermann]

On 21/07/2019 13:56, Dominique Dumont wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:45:26 -0300 =?utf-8?q?Cl=C3=A9ment_Hermann?= 
> <nodens at nodens.org> wrote:
>> while it is true that there is an issue on my system (I should have made
>> sure the latest policy version was installed), the message is quite
>> bizarre and unhelpful ;)
>>
>> Idealy, we whould check if the installed version is older than the
>> hardcoded version and warn the user about the outdated local version and
>> not ask him to check for "upgrades" in policy ;)
> 
> Fair enough.
> 
> Next version will show this kind of message in a similar situation:
> 
> Warning in 'control source Standards-Version': Current standards version 
> '1000.1.1' is newer than lintian version (4.4.0). Please check your system
> 
> Is this fine with you ?

That's perfectly fine with me, thanks for taking care of this! :)

Cheers,

-- 
nodens