[1] Used in conjunction with dpkg, the Debian package management system.

It checks Debian software packages for common inconsistencies and errors.

They acknowledged that some of the issues diagnosed by Lintian had rare exceptions, which could be overridden by the maintainer.

[3] Linda was another application that was intended to overcome many difficulties with Lintian.

However, Lintian was better known and underwent many fixes to overcome past difficulties.