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Re: Lintian complaining about ldconfig in postrm-remove



On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 06:32:14PM +0200, Dominik Stadler wrote:
> W: atleto: postrm-unsafe-ldconfig
> N:
> N:   The postrm script calls ldconfig unsafely. The postrm must only call
> N:   ldconfig when given the argument "remove".
> N:
> N:   Refer to Policy Manual, section 9.1.1 for details.
> N:

This lintian test is stupid, using at least two meanings of "stupid".

It doesn't understand plenty of shell constructs, including case
statements.  One of the most common ways of calling ldconfig is inside
your case statement.

Ignore it or read up on how to get an override in.

  - Craig

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