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Re: [PATCHv2] Nuke a few easily Lintian warnings



On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 19:14 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 22:40 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 07:41 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > > I happened to notice on packages.qa.debian.org that the kernel packages
> > > have 250 lintian warnings, of which the vast majority come from just a
> > > few easy to fix issues.
> > 
> > Patch rebased on trunk with comments addressed.
> 
> Since this steps outside of the areas where I feel comfortable
> committing of my own accord I'd quite like an ACK on these changes (if
> they are appropriate).

ACK, except for:

[...]
> > diff --git a/linux-2.6/debian/linux-base.lintian-overrides b/linux-2.6/debian/linux-base.lintian-overrides
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..b5593f5
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/linux-2.6/debian/linux-base.lintian-overrides
> > @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
> > +# We cannot use a config script because it requires external tools
> > +# just to work out whether it should ask any questions, and a config
> > +# script may be run before the package dependencies are satisfied.
> > +linux-base: no-debconf-config
[...]

I accept Steve Langasek's reasoning that this should not be overridden.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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