Re: Why db_input ... || true

[racke@linuxia.de (Stefan Hornburg Racke)]

Robert Bihlmeyer <robbe@orcus.priv.at> writes:

> Holger Kubiak <debian@holger-kubiak.de> writes:
> 
> > Is it possible that lintian searches this entrys (in the sense: is
> > it possible to change lintian).
> 
> It is. But db_* commands return status for a reason, so people may
> want to omit the "|| true" and actually do something with the exit
> codes. lintian has no business bitchin about that.

db_input medium iptables/modename || [ $? -eq 30 ]

This stops if anything is wrong with the template, but not if the
question is already asked. IMHO makes a lot more sense then || true.

Ciao
        Racke

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