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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
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><H1
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><A
NAME="section-2.5"
>2.5. Vendor Profiles</A
></H1
><P
>&#13;        Vendor profiles allows vendors and users to customize Lintian
        without having to modify the underlying code.  If a profile
        is not explicitly given, Lintian will derive the best
        possible profile for the current vendor from dpkg-vendor.
      </P
><DIV
CLASS="sect2"
><H2
CLASS="sect2"
><A
NAME="section-2.5.1"
>2.5.1. Rules for profile names and location</A
></H2
><P
>&#13;          Profile names should only consist of the lower case
          characters ([a-z]), underscore (_), dash (-) and
          forward slashes (/).  Particularly note that dot (.) are
          specifically <SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>not</I
></SPAN
> allowed in a
          profile name.
        </P
><P
>&#13;          The default profile for a vendor is called
          <TT
CLASS="filename"
>$VENDOR/main</TT
>.  If Lintian sees a
          profile name without a slash, it is taken as a short
          form of the default profile for a vendor with that
          name.
        </P
><P
>&#13;          The filename for the profile is derived from the name by
          simply concatenating it with <TT
CLASS="filename"
>.profile</TT
>,
          Lintian will then look for a file with that name in the
          following directories:
        </P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>&#13;              <TT
CLASS="filename"
>$HOME/.lintian/profiles</TT
>
            </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>&#13;              <TT
CLASS="filename"
>/etc/lintian/profiles</TT
>
            </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>&#13;              <TT
CLASS="filename"
>$LINTIAN_ROOT/profiles</TT
>
            </P
></LI
></UL
><P
>&#13;          Note that an implication of the handling of default
          vendor profiles implies that profiles must be in
          subdirectories of the directories above for Lintian
          to recognise them.
        </P
><P
>&#13;          The directories are checked in the listed order and the
          first file matching the profile will be used.  This allows
          users to override a system profile by putting one with the
          same filename
          in <TT
CLASS="filename"
>$HOME/.lintian/profiles</TT
>.
        </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="sect2"
><H2
CLASS="sect2"
><A
NAME="section-2.5.2"
>2.5.2. Profile syntax and semantics</A
></H2
><P
>&#13;          Profiles are written in the same syntax as Debian
          control files as described in the
          <A
HREF="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-controlsyntax"
TARGET="_top"
>&#13;          Debian Policy Manual ยง5.1</A
>.  Profiles allow
          comments as described in the Policy Manual.
        </P
><DIV
CLASS="sect3"
><H3
CLASS="sect3"
><A
NAME="section-2.5.2.1"
>2.5.2.1. Main profile paragraph</A
></H3
><P
>&#13;            The fields in the first paragraph are:
          </P
><P
></P
><DIV
CLASS="variablelist"
><DL
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>Profile</I
></SPAN
> (simple, mandatory)</DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;                  Name of the profile.
                </P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>Extends</I
></SPAN
> (simple, optional)</DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;                  Name of the (parent) profile, which this profile
                  extends.  Lintian will recursively process the
                  extended profile before continuing with processing
                  this profile.  In the absence of this field, the
                  profile is not based on another profile.
                </P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>Load-Checks</I
></SPAN
> (folded, optional)</DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;                  Comma-separated list of checks.  Lintian will ensure
                  all checks listed are loaded (allowing tags from
                  them to be enabled or disabled via Enable-Tags or
                  Disable-Tags).
                </P
><P
>&#13;                  If a given check was already loaded before this
                  field is processed, then it is silently ignored.
                  Otherwise, the check is loaded and all of its tags
                  are disabled (as if it had been listed in
                  Disable-Tags-From-Check).
                </P
><P
>&#13;                  This field is most likely only useful if the profile
                  needs to enable a list of tags from a check in
                  addition to any tags already enabled from that
                  check (if any).
                </P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>Enable-Tags-From-Check</I
></SPAN
> (folded, optional)</DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;                  Comma-separated list of checks.  All tags from each
                  check listed will be enabled in this profile.  The check will
                  be loaded if it wasn't already.
                </P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>Disable-Tags-From-Check</I
></SPAN
> (folded, optional)</DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;                Comma-separated list of checks.  All tags from each
                check listed will be disabled in this profile.  The check will
                be loaded if it wasn't already.
                </P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>Enable-Tags</I
></SPAN
> (folded, optional)</DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;                  Comma-separated list of tags that should be enabled.
                  It may only list tags from checks already loaded or
                  listed in one of the following fields "Load-Checks",
                  "Enable-Tags-From-Check" or
                  "Disable-Tags-From-Check" in the current profile.
                </P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>Disable-Tags</I
></SPAN
> (folded, optional)</DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;                  Comma-separated list of tags that should be
                  disabled.  It may only list tags from checks already
                  loaded or listed in one of the following fields
                  "Load-Checks", "Enable-Tags-From-Check" or
                  "Disable-Tags-From-Check" in the current profile.
                </P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><P
>&#13;            The profile is invalid and is rejected, if Enable-Tags and
            Disable-Tags lists the same tag twice - even if it is in
            the same field.  This holds analogously for checks and the
            three fields Load-Checks, Enable-Tags-From-Check and
            Disable-Tags-From-Check.
          </P
><P
>&#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,
            Enable-Tags / Disable-Tags shall overrule
            Disable-Tags-From-Check / Enable-Tags-From-Check within
            the profile.
          </P
><P
>&#13;            Load-Checks, Enable-Tags-From-Check and
            Disable-Tags-From-Check can be used to load third-party or
            vendor specific checks.
          </P
><P
>&#13;            It is not an error to load, enable or disable a check or
            tag that is already loaded, enabled or disabled
            respectively (e.g. by a parent profile).
          </P
><P
>&#13;            A profile is invalid if it directly or indirectly extends
            itself or if it extends an invalid profile.
          </P
><P
>&#13;            By default the tags from the check "lintian" will be loaded
            as they assist people in writing and maintaining their
            overrides file (e.g. by emitting <TT
CLASS="literal"
>malformed-override</TT
>).
            However, they can be disabled by explicitly adding the check
            <TT
CLASS="literal"
>lintian</TT
> in the Disable-Tags-From-Check field.
          </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="sect3"
><H3
CLASS="sect3"
><A
NAME="section-2.5.2.2"
>2.5.2.2. Tag alteration paragraphs</A
></H3
><P
>&#13;            The fields in the secondary paragraphs are:
          </P
><P
></P
><DIV
CLASS="variablelist"
><DL
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>Tags</I
></SPAN
> (folded, mandatory)</DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;                  Comma separated list of tags affected by this
                  paragraph.
                </P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>Overridable</I
></SPAN
> (simple, optional)</DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;                  Either "Yes" or "No", which decides whether these
                  tags can be overridden.  Lintian will print an
                  informal message if it sees an override for a tag
                  marked as non-overridable (except if --quiet is
                  passed).
                </P
></DD
><DT
><SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>Severity</I
></SPAN
> (simple, optional)</DT
><DD
><P
>&#13;                  The value must be a valid tag severity; the severity
                  of the affected tags is set to this value.  Note
                  that <SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>experimental</I
></SPAN
> is not a
                  severity.
                </P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><P
>&#13;            The paragraph must contain at least one other field than the
            Tag field.
          </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="sect3"
><H3
CLASS="sect3"
><A
NAME="section-2.5.2.3"
>2.5.2.3. An example vendor profile</A
></H3
><P
>&#13;            Below is a small example vendor profile for a fictive
            vendor called "my-vendor".
          </P
><PRE
CLASS="screen"
>&#13;# The default profile for "my-vendor"
Profile: my-vendor/main
# It has all the checks and settings from the "debian" profile
Extends: debian/main
# Add checks specific to "my-vendor"
Enable-Tags-From-Check:
  my-vendor/some-check,
  my-vendor/another-check,
# Disable a tag
Disable-Tags: dir-or-file-in-opt

# Bump severity of no-md5sums-control-file
# and file-missing-in-md5sums and make them
# non-overrable
Tags: no-md5sums-control-file,
      file-missing-in-md5sums,
Severity: serious
Overridable: no
</PRE
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