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>&#13;        Vendor profiles allows vendors and users to customize Lintian
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>&#13;          The default profile for a vendor is called
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>&#13;          Note that an implication of the handling of default
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>&#13;          The directories are checked in the listed order and the
          first file matching the profile will be used.  This allows
          users to override a system profile by putting one with the
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>&#13;          Profiles are written in the same syntax as Debian
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>&#13;            The fields in the first paragraph are:
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>&#13;                  Name of the profile.
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>&#13;                  Name of the (parent) profile, which this profile
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>&#13;                  Comma-separated list of checks.  All tags from each
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>&#13;                Comma-separated list of checks.  All tags from each
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><I
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>Disable-Tags</I
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>&#13;                  Comma-separated list of tags that should be
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>&#13;            The profile is invalid and is rejected, if Enable-Tags and
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>&#13;            It is allowed to list a tag in Enable-Tags or
            Disable-Tags even if the check that provides this tag is
            listed in the Disable-Tags-From-Check or
            Enable-Tags-From-Check field. In case of conflict,
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            the profile.
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>&#13;            It is not an error to enable or disable a check that is
            already enabled or disabled respectively (e.g. by a
            parent profile).
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>&#13;            A profile is invalid if it directly or indirectly extends
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