Re: bash script in /usr/games

[Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@wrar.name>]

On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 08:50:04PM +1000, Steven Hamilton wrote:
> >> then change the tmpdir using the following;
> >> 
> >> 	dh $@ -Pdebian/mrrescue_build
> > Why did you do this?
> 
> Because the default for the tmpdir is "debian/<package>" and my package
> is called "mrrescue". When I renamed my shell script to mrrescue it got
> splattered by debuild.
You could rename it at the build time.

> >> However, now I get lintian warnings on init.d
> >> 
> >> W: mrrescue: init.d-script-missing-lsb-section etc/init.d/mrrescue
> >> E: mrrescue: init.d-script-does-not-implement-required-option
> >> etc/init.d/mrrescue start
> >> E: mrrescue: init.d-script-does-not-implement-required-option
> >> etc/init.d/mrrescue stop
> >> E: mrrescue: init.d-script-does-not-implement-required-option
> >> etc/init.d/mrrescue restart
> >> E: mrrescue: init.d-script-does-not-implement-required-option
> >> etc/init.d/mrrescue force-reload
> >> W: mrrescue: binary-without-manpage usr/games/mrrescue
> >> W: mrrescue: init.d-script-does-not-source-init-functions
> >> etc/init.d/mrrescue
> >> 
> >> Is debhelper incorrectly assuming that my bash script is intended for
> >> init.d? If so, how do I stop it.
> > If you mean that etc/init.d/mrrescue is not an initscript don't install it
> > there.
> 
> I'm not. I'm installing it in /usr/games but for some reason it's
> automatically being assumed it's an init script by something.
I don't think so. Can you publish the package somewhere?

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