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NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | FILES | SEE ALSO | AUTHOR | COLOPHON 

DH_LINTIAN(1)                   Debhelper                   DH_LINTIAN(1)

NAME         top

       dh_lintian - install lintian override files into package build
       directories

SYNOPSIS         top

       dh_lintian [debhelper options]

DESCRIPTION         top

       dh_lintian is a debhelper program that is responsible for
       installing override files used by lintian into package build
       directories.

FILES         top

       debian/package.lintian-overrides
           Installed into usr/share/lintian/overrides/package in the
           package build directory. This file is used to suppress
           erroneous lintian diagnostics.

       debian/source/lintian-overrides
           These files are not installed, but will be scanned by lintian
           to provide overrides for the source package.

SEE ALSO         top

       debhelper(1)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

       lintian(1)

AUTHOR         top

       Steve Robbins <smr@debian.org>

COLOPHON         top

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