Bug#265866: lintian does not look in the scripts called during postinst to check the existance of an "update-rc"

[mcoolive@free.fr]

Package: lintian
Version: 1.23.2

Hello,

I use a Debian System sid and I made a package named 'eagle-usb-utils'.

When I launch lintian, I have the following errors :
$ lintian eagle-usb-utils_1.9.8+cvs20040806-1_i386.deb
E: eagle-usb-utils: postrm-contains-additional-updaterc.d-calls
/etc/init.d/eagle-usb
W: eagle-usb-utils: script-in-etc-init.d-not-registered-via-update-rc.d
/etc/init.d/eagle-usb

I think it is an insufficiency of lintian.

 - /etc/init.d/eagle-usb is installed by the package.
 - The postrm script execute always the "update-rc.d -f eagle-usb remove"
command.
 - And the postinst script can execute the "update-rc.d eagle-usb start"
command, but indirectly. Configuration is long and complicated. So I use a
script named "eagleconfig" that is included in package: the postinst script
is a "front end ++".

To mute lintian, I have added the following lines in postinst script.

  if false; then
    update-rc.d eagle-usb start 99 2 3 4 5 . stop 01 0 1 6 . >/dev/null 2>&1
  fi

But I don't believe it's satisfying.

Maybe lintian must look the scripts of the packet that are called, but I think
it is too much complicated and/or too long.
Maybe a good solution for futur is tags in comments to help lintian...

Is there a solution currently ?


Thank,
mcoolive.