Bug#932862: lintian: check for autopkgtests that do cmd --version/--help but don't have Restrictions: superficial

["Chris Lamb" <lamby@debian.org>]

tags 932862 + moreinfo
thanks

Hi Paul,

> A number of packages run cmd --version/--help in their autopkgtests.
> This test doesn't really test the functionality of the command, just of 
> the command-line and options parsing.

Thanks for this idea and for mentioning the "superficial" Restriction;
I was not aware of that. I guess my question at this point is how you
see this interacting, if at all, with the:

  https://lintian.debian.org/tags/no-op-testsuite.html

… tag? They are, of course, reporting on different things but they
would somewhat overlap in intention and perhaps merging them might be
worth considering, or perhaps separating them out even further.


Regards,

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