Bug#235866: marked as done (lintian: False positives: postrm-does-not-call-updatemenus/postinst-does-not-call-updatemenus)
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From: Neil McGovern <maulkin@halon.org.uk>
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Subject: lintian: False positives:
postrm-does-not-call-updatemenus/postinst-does-not-call-updatemenus
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The follwing errors are produced:
E: limewire: postinst-does-not-call-updatemenus usr/lib/menu/limewire
N:
N: Since the package installs a file in either /usr/lib/menu or
N: /etc/menu-methods, the package should probably call the update-menus
N: command in it's postinst script.
N:
N: For example, use the following code in your maintainer script:
N: if [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ] ; then update-menus ; fi
N:
E: limewire: postrm-does-not-call-updatemenus usr/lib/menu/limewire
N:
N: Since the package installs a file in either /usr/lib/menu or
N: /etc/menu-methods, the package should probably call the update-menus
N: command in it's postrm script.
N:
N: For example, use the following code in your maintainer script:
N: if [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ] ; then update-menus ; fi
N:
However, these do actually exist in debian/postrm and debian/postinst:
[maulkin@vivacia:/home/debian/limewire-3.8.5] $ grep update-menus debian/*
debian/changelog: * Add call to update-menus in postinst and postrm.
debian/postinst: if [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ] ; then update-menus ; fi
debian/postrm: if [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ] ; then update-menus ; fi
Many thanks,
Neil McGovern
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Hi,
Please simply don't do that. Simply ship those files executable, even
though it doesn't make sense, you shouldn't employ such tricks to
prevent it, if users want to shoot themselves in the foot by trying to
launch something while installing/deinstalling, well, they should do so.
It doesn't have any negative result, other than 'it doesn't work then'.
If you insist, install an override.
Closing this bug...
--Jeroen
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