Tag: source-contains-autogenerated-gperf-data Severity: pedantic Check: cruft Explanation: The following file is autogenerated by gperf . They are usually provided for the convenience of users. These files usually just take up space in the tarball. . Check if upstream also provides source-only tarballs that you can use as the upstream distribution instead. If not, you may want to ask upstream to provide source-only tarballs.