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autogenerated files by Microsoft Visual C++ that may can be deleted #9998

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MichaelSimons opened this issue Oct 25, 2024 · 0 comments
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Transferred WPF specific files from dotnet/aspnetcore#58632 originally logged by @dviererbe

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I was running lintian (static analysis tool for deb packages) in pedantic mode and it made suggestion to remove auto generated files from the source. I just wanted to share these remarks here, in case they may be useful. These files seem not to be important for Linux source built.

P: dotnet9 source: source-contains-autogenerated-visual-c++-file [src/wpf/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf/src/PenImc/dll/resource.h]

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$ lintian-explain-tags source-contains-autogenerated-visual-c++-file
P: source-contains-autogenerated-visual-c++-file
N: 
N:   The following file is autogenerated by Microsoft Visual C++.
N:   
N:   They are usually provided for the convenience of users. These files usually just take up space
N:   in the tarball and are of no use in Debian.
N:   
N:   Check if upstream also provides source-only tarballs that you can use as the upstream
N:   distribution instead. If not, you may want to ask upstream to provide source-only tarballs.
N: 
N:   Visibility: pedantic
N:   Show-Always: no
N:   Check: cruft
@singhashish-wpf singhashish-wpf added the Investigate Requires further investigation by the WPF team. label Oct 28, 2024
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