Check-Script: filename-length Author: Niels Thykier Abbrev: flen Type: source, binary, udeb Info: This script checks for long package file names Tag: package-has-long-file-name Severity: normal Certainty: certain Info: The package has a very long filename. This may complicate shipping the package on some media that put restrictions on the length of the filenames (such as CDs). . For architecture dependent package, the number in the brackets represents the filename length on of the package on the architecture with the longest name known to Lintian. . The tag is emitted based on the length of longest architecture name rather than the name of the current architecture. Ref: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/03/msg00943.html Tag: source-package-component-has-long-file-name Severity: normal Certainty: certain Info: The source package has a component with a very long filename. This may complicate shipping the package on some media that put restrictions on the length of the filenames (such as CDs). . Lintian only checks emits this tag once per source package based on the component with the longest filename. Ref: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/03/msg00943.html