RE: debconf, output in installation scripts, and lintian
On 16-Apr-2001 Itai Zukerman wrote:
> Several times I've been bitten trying to fix packages with mysterious
> errors, only (some hours later) to come to the head-slapping
> realization that, say, a postinst script does an
>
> echo "Frizzing juggernauts..."
>
> while a debconf frontend is active. Is it possible to have lintian
> check for this and report an error? (Or, does it already do this, but
> I just missed it in the debconf.desc?)
>
it is possible for the debconf checks to do this -- if it sees you source
debconf, then disallow echo/printf/etc.
The problem is that some people have maintainer scripts that support debconf
but have fallback mechanisms when debconf is not installed. These scripts will
trigger false alarms.
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