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Bug#931847: Boggus package-supports-alternative-init-but-no-init.d-script test?



On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 11:39:28 -0300 "Chris Lamb" <lamby@debian.org> wrote:
> block 931847 by 911165
> tags 931847 + moreinfo
> thanks
> 
> Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
> 
> > > My understanding of the policy is that, if a package supports an
> > > alternative init (other than systemd) it must also support sysvinit.
> > > 
> > > Also note that if the check is actually correct, this will create false
> > > positive for all the systemd .service files not started at boot
> > > (scheduled jobs, dbus activated,...).
> > 
> > The current policy requirement is that everything would need to provide
> > a sysvinit script, see https://bugs.debian.org/911165
> > 
> > Sadly the process to change this is stuck.
> 
> (I'm just applying some routine bug triage here; not a comment on the
> bug's merits.)


Hm, why the moreinfo tag?
This lintian check is clearly way too broad to be useful as-is.
At its current state, please demote it to pedantic (or reverting it
completely) until it actually is useful.

Thanks,
Michael

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