Bug#1051338: lintian: Downgrade wrong-path-for-interpreter from error to pedantic, merged-usr is mandatory now
On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 12:36:50PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
>Package: lintian
>Severity: normal
>
>Merged-usr has been mandatory since bookworm, so use of /usr/bin/sh
>and such can no longer constitute an error, it's just for pedantic
>people who want to stay behind the times and annoy everyone.
I disagree strongly.
Just because those paths will now work, that doesn't mean they're
*correct* locations. We should be trying hard *not* to break
interfaces here.
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
< sladen> I actually stayed in a hotel and arrived to find a post-it
note stuck to the mini-bar saying "Paul: This fridge and
fittings are the correct way around and do not need altering"
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