lintian: r406 - in trunk: checks debian
Author: jeroen
Date: 2005-01-14 22:11:13 +0100 (Fri, 14 Jan 2005)
New Revision: 406
Modified:
trunk/checks/binaries.desc
trunk/checks/changelog-file.desc
trunk/checks/conffiles.desc
trunk/checks/debconf.desc
trunk/checks/description.desc
trunk/checks/files.desc
trunk/checks/menu-format.desc
trunk/checks/scripts.desc
trunk/checks/shared-libs.desc
trunk/debian/changelog
Log:
* checks/*.desc:
[JvW] Stop bugging us for exceptions, mmkay, just install overrides. Hints
like this should be in the general documentation anyway, not in per-tag
descriptions.
Modified: trunk/checks/binaries.desc
===================================================================
--- trunk/checks/binaries.desc 2005-01-14 20:33:03 UTC (rev 405)
+++ trunk/checks/binaries.desc 2005-01-14 21:11:13 UTC (rev 406)
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
.
Please note, that shared libraries have to be stripped with the
<tt>--strip-unneeded</tt> option.
- .
- Usually this is a bug. Otherwise, please contact &maint;
- about this so that this exception would be recognized in future versions of
- Lintian.
Tag: library-in-debug-or-profile-should-not-be-stripped
Type: error
@@ -32,29 +28,19 @@
Type: error
Info: The package installs a statically linked binary or object file.
.
- Usually this is a bug. Otherwise, please contact &maint;
- about this so that this exception would be recognized in future versions of
- Lintian, or install an override if your package is an exception. Note that
- binaries named *-static and *.static are already excluded, just as any
- binaries in packages named *-static.
+ Usually this is a bug. Otherwise, please install an override if your package
+ is an exception. Note that binaries named *-static and *.static are already
+ excluded, just as any binaries in packages named *-static.
Tag: library-not-linked-against-libc
Type: warning
Info: The package installs a library which is not dynamically linked
against libc.
- .
- Usually this is a bug. Otherwise, please contact &maint;
- about this so that this exception would be recognized in future versions of
- Lintian.
Tag: program-not-linked-against-libc
Type: warning
Info: The package installs a binary which is not dynamically linked
against libc.
- .
- Usually this is a bug. Otherwise, please contact &maint;
- about this so that this exception would be recognized in future versions of
- Lintian.
Tag: libc5-binary
Type: warning
@@ -63,9 +49,7 @@
.
This could be a bug since all programs in Debian should use
libc6. However, the packages in the oldlibs section might contain
- libc5 libs/binaries intentionally. In that case, please send a note to
- &maint; so that this exception would be recognized in future versions of
- Lintian.
+ libc5 libs/binaries intentionally.
Tag: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath
Type: warning
@@ -111,8 +95,7 @@
available; see debian-devel).
.
This was a problem in the second half of 1998. If you get this tag
- much later than that, it may be a different problem. Please check
- with the lintian maintainer in that case.
+ much later than that, it may be a different problem, file a bug.
Tag: arch-dependent-file-in-usr-share
Type: error
Modified: trunk/checks/changelog-file.desc
===================================================================
--- trunk/checks/changelog-file.desc 2005-01-14 20:33:03 UTC (rev 405)
+++ trunk/checks/changelog-file.desc 2005-01-14 21:11:13 UTC (rev 406)
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@
Tag: no-upstream-changelog
Type: warning
Info: The package does not install an upstream changelog file.
- .
- If there is no upstream changelog file, please contact &maint; about
- this so that this exception would be recognized in future versions of
- Lintian.
Ref: policy 12.7
Tag: wrong-name-for-debian-changelog-file
Modified: trunk/checks/conffiles.desc
===================================================================
--- trunk/checks/conffiles.desc 2005-01-14 20:33:03 UTC (rev 405)
+++ trunk/checks/conffiles.desc 2005-01-14 21:11:13 UTC (rev 406)
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
Tag: non-etc-or-var-file-marked-as-conffile
Type: warning
Info: A file installed in some other directory than <tt>/etc</tt> or
- <tt>/var</tt> is marked as conffile. Usually this is a bug. If not
- not, please contact &maint; about this so that this exception would
- be recognized in future versions of Lintian.
+ <tt>/var</tt> is marked as conffile.
Status: untested
Ref: policy 10.7.2
Modified: trunk/checks/debconf.desc
===================================================================
--- trunk/checks/debconf.desc 2005-01-14 20:33:03 UTC (rev 405)
+++ trunk/checks/debconf.desc 2005-01-14 21:11:13 UTC (rev 406)
@@ -11,20 +11,12 @@
Type: warning
Info: Packages using debconf should depend on it, since debconf is not an
essential package.
- .
- Some packages fall back to a different configuration system if debconf is
- not present; please contact &maint; so that the exception would be
- recognized in future versions of Lintian.
Tag: missing-debconf-dependency-for-preinst
Type: warning
Info: Packages using debconf in their preinst script must either pre-depend
on debconf (>= 0.2.17), with appropriate discussion on &debdev;, or else
depend on debconf and fall back to a different configuration system.
- .
- Some packages fall back to another configuration system throughout the
- package if debconf is not present; please contact &maint; so that this
- exception would be recognized in future versions of Lintian.
Tag: duplicate-fields-in-templates
Type: error
@@ -187,8 +179,7 @@
.
Some standalone programs may legitimately use debconf to prompt the user
for questions. If you maintain a package containing such a program, please
- contact &maint; so that the exception would be recognized in future
- versions of Lintian. Other exceptions to this check include configuration
+ install an override. Other exceptions to this check include configuration
scripts called from the package's post-installation script.
Tag: seen-flag-requires-versioned-depends
Modified: trunk/checks/description.desc
===================================================================
--- trunk/checks/description.desc 2005-01-14 20:33:03 UTC (rev 405)
+++ trunk/checks/description.desc 2005-01-14 21:11:13 UTC (rev 406)
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
Info: The first line of the "Description:" should not start with the
package name. For example, the package <tt>foo</tt> should not
have a description like this: `foo is a program that...'.
- .
- If Lintian reported this error by mistake (i.e., if the package name
- is a common word), please contact &maint; about this so that this
- exception would be recognized in future versions of Lintian.
Ref: policy 3.4.1
Tag: description-contains-tabs
@@ -56,9 +52,7 @@
Type: warning
Info: The package "Description:" starts with leading spaces. Usually,
leading spaces are used to switch `verbatim display' on (i.e., lines
- are not wrapped) so this might be a bug in the package. Otherwise,
- please contact &maint; about this so that this exception would be
- recognized in future versions of Lintian.
+ are not wrapped) so this might be a bug in the package.
Tag: possible-unindented-list-in-extended-description
Type: warning
Modified: trunk/checks/files.desc
===================================================================
--- trunk/checks/files.desc 2005-01-14 20:33:03 UTC (rev 405)
+++ trunk/checks/files.desc 2005-01-14 21:11:13 UTC (rev 406)
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@
Type: error
Info: Usually, scripts in the <tt>/etc/init.d</tt> directory should have
mode 0755.
- .
- If this is an exception, please contact &maint; about it so that this
- exception would be recognized in future versions of Lintian.
Tag: file-directly-in-usr-share
Type: error
@@ -132,60 +129,41 @@
should be reserved for the user. Unless this short name has been used
for a while already (like the famous `ls', `rm', `cp' commands), you
should consider giving these binaries a longer name.
- .
- If you think that the short name is ok, please send a note to &maint;
- so that this exception would be recognized in future versions of Lintian.
Tag: non-standard-dir-perm
Type: warning
Info: The directory has a mode different from 0755, and it's not one of the
known exceptions.
- .
- This is usually a bug, but if it's intentional, please send a note to
- &maint; so that this exception would be recognized in future versions of
- Lintian.
Tag: non-standard-game-executable-perm
Type: warning
Info: The file has a mode different from 2755 or 0755. In some cases this
- is intentional, but in other cases this is a bug. If it's intentional,
- please send a note to &maint; so that this exception would be recognized in
- future versions of Lintian.
+ is intentional, but in other cases this is a bug.
Tag: non-standard-executable-perm
Type: warning
Info: The file has a mode different from 0755. In some cases this is
- intentional, but in other cases this is a bug. If it's intentional,
- please send a note to &maint; so that this exception would be recognized in
- future versions of Lintian.
+ intentional, but in other cases this is a bug.
Tag: setuid-binary
Type: warning
Info: The file is tagged SETUID. In some cases this is
- intentional, but in other cases this is a bug. If it's intentional,
- please send a note to &maint; so that this exception would be recognized in
- future versions of Lintian.
+ intentional, but in other cases this is a bug.
Tag: setgid-binary
Type: warning
Info: The file is tagged SETGID. In some cases this is
- intentional, but in other cases this is a bug. If it's intentional,
- please send a note to &maint; so that this exception would be recognized in
- future versions of Lintian.
+ intentional, but in other cases this is a bug.
Tag: setuid-gid-binary
Type: warning
Info: The file is tagged SETUID and SETGID. In some cases this is
- intentional, but in other cases this is a bug. If it's intentional,
- please send a note to &maint; so that this exception would be recognized in
- future versions of Lintian.
+ intentional, but in other cases this is a bug.
Tag: non-standard-file-perm
Type: warning
Info: The file has a mode different from 0644. In some cases this is
- intentional, but in other cases this is a bug. If it's intentional,
- please send a note to &maint; so that this exception would be recognized in
- future versions of Lintian.
+ intentional, but in other cases this is a bug.
Tag: special-file
Type: error
@@ -238,20 +216,12 @@
Tag: udeb-contains-documentation-file
Type: error
Info: udeb packages should not contain any documentation.
- .
- If this is an exception, please contact &maint;
- about this so that this exception would be recognized in future versions of
- Lintian.
Tag: executable-in-usr-share-doc
Type: error
Info: Usually, documentation files in <tt>/usr/share/doc</tt> should have mode
0644. If the executable is an example, it should go in
<tt>/usr/share/doc/<i>pkg</i>/examples</tt>.
- .
- If this is an exception, please contact &maint;
- about this so that this exception would be recognized in future versions of
- Lintian.
Tag: script-in-usr-share-doc
Type: info
@@ -395,8 +365,7 @@
Tag: file-in-unusual-dir
Type: warning
Info: This file or symbolic link is in a directory where files are not
- normally installed by Debian packages. If this is deliberate, please
- contact &maint; to make Lintian accept this as a usual directory.
+ normally installed by Debian packages.
Tag: package-installs-packlist
Type: error
Modified: trunk/checks/menu-format.desc
===================================================================
--- trunk/checks/menu-format.desc 2005-01-14 20:33:03 UTC (rev 405)
+++ trunk/checks/menu-format.desc 2005-01-14 21:11:13 UTC (rev 406)
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@
Info: The icon file could not be parsed. Perhaps this means a bad XPM file,
or perhaps it means the lintian parsing needs to be improved. If the
window managers and standard tools accept the file then probably it's the
- latter; please notify &maint; either directly or via the bug tracking
- system.
+ latter; please file a bug on lintian then.
Tag: su-to-root-without--c
Type: error
Modified: trunk/checks/scripts.desc
===================================================================
--- trunk/checks/scripts.desc 2005-01-14 20:33:03 UTC (rev 405)
+++ trunk/checks/scripts.desc 2005-01-14 21:11:13 UTC (rev 406)
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
Type: warning
Info: This package contains a script for an interpreter that the Lintian
maintainers have not thought of. It could be a typo for a common
- interpreter. If not, please contact the Lintian maintainers so that
- they can add this interpreter to their list.
+ interpreter. If not, please file a wishlist bug on lintian so that the
+ Lintian maintainers can add this interpreter to their list.
Tag: forbidden-config-interpreter
Type: error
@@ -571,10 +571,6 @@
security bug. It's suggested that you use the <tt>tempfile</tt> or
<tt>mktemp</tt> utilities to create temporary files in these
directories.
- .
- If this is just a misinterpretation of some code in your maintainer
- script, please contact &maint; about this so that this exception would be
- recognized in future versions of Lintian.
Ref: policy 10.4
Tag: killall-is-dangerous
@@ -633,7 +629,3 @@
run by hand.
.
update-alternatives --remove should be called in the prerm instead.
- .
- If the postrm is the right place for what the package is doing, then
- please email &maint; about it so that this exception would be recognized
- in future versions of Lintian.
Modified: trunk/checks/shared-libs.desc
===================================================================
--- trunk/checks/shared-libs.desc 2005-01-14 20:33:03 UTC (rev 405)
+++ trunk/checks/shared-libs.desc 2005-01-14 21:11:13 UTC (rev 406)
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@
.
However, if this is a small package which includes the runtime and the
development libraries, this is not a bug. In the latter case, please
- contact &maint; about this so that this exception would be recognized in
- future versions of Lintian.
+ override this warning.
Ref: policy 8.4
Tag: preinst-calls-ldconfig
@@ -90,9 +89,8 @@
Tag: no-shlibs-control-file
Type: error
Info: Although the package includes a shared library, the package does not
- have a shlibs control file. If this is intentional, please contact
- &maint; about this so that this exception would be recognized in future
- versions of Lintian.
+ have a shlibs control file. If this is intentional, please override this
+ error.
Ref: policy 8.6
Tag: pkg-has-shlibs-control-file-but-no-actual-shared-libs
@@ -113,9 +111,7 @@
Tag: shlib-missing-in-control-file
Type: error
Info: The package contains a shared library that is not listed in the
- shlibs control file. If this is intentional, please contact &maint;
- about this so that this exception would be recognized in future versions of
- Lintian.
+ shlibs control file. If this is intentional, please override this error.
Ref: policy 8.6
Tag: unused-shlib-entry-in-control-file
Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog 2005-01-14 20:33:03 UTC (rev 405)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog 2005-01-14 21:11:13 UTC (rev 406)
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
lintian (1.23.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+ * checks/*.desc:
+ [JvW] Stop bugging us for exceptions, mmkay, just install overrides. Hints
+ like this should be in the general documentation anyway, not in per-tag
+ descriptions.
* checks/common_data.pm:
[CW] Add tclx8.4 to %known_tclxs.
* checks/scripts, checks/scripts.desc:
@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@
an article; this is good grammar and should not be discouraged.
(Closes: #290505)
- -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:02:01 +0100
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jan 2005 22:10:42 +0100
lintian (1.23.7) unstable; urgency=high
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