[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.5.6-31-g331ad9e

["Niels Thykier" <niels@thykier.net>]

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 331ad9eaf82c9f193bc221e6d6452c6c38cced1b
Author: Arno Töll <debian@toell.net>
Date:   Mon Mar 26 17:30:52 2012 +0200

    Mention devref 6.4 in command-with-path-in-maintainer-script
    
    Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>

diff --git a/checks/scripts.desc b/checks/scripts.desc
index 1a8bf23..c243549 100644
--- a/checks/scripts.desc
+++ b/checks/scripts.desc
@@ -622,7 +622,10 @@ Info: The indicated program run in a maintainer script has a prepended
  path prepended.  dpkg ensures that the PATH is set to a reasonable value,
  and prepending a path may prevent the local administrator from using a
  replacement version of a command for some local reason.
-Ref: policy 6.1
+ .
+ If the path is required to test a program for existence, one of the suggested
+ workarounds in the developer's reference can be used.
+Ref: policy 6.1, devref 6.4
 
 Tag: ancient-dpkg-epoch-check
 Severity: minor
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index edb3a6c..94c031c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ lintian (2.5.7) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       change.  Thanks, Iustin Pop.  (Closes: #664471)
   * checks/menus{,.desc}:
     + [NT] Remove "manual" lazy load of data file.
+  * checks/scripts.desc:
+    + [NT] Mention devref 6.4 in command-with-path-in-maintainer-script.
+      Thanks to Arno Töll for the patch.
 
   * collection/*:
     + [NT] Use Lintian::Collect to access the package index.

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