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Bug#42936: marked as done (lintian: does not detect incorrect bang paths in gziped files)

Your message dated Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:33:17 -0800
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and subject line Re: Bug#42936: lintian: does not detect incorrect bang paths in gziped files
has caused the Debian Bug report #42936,
regarding lintian: does not detect incorrect bang paths in gziped files
to be marked as done.

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Package: lintian
Version: 1.7
Severity: normal

All the example scripts in /usr/doc/mawk/examples have incorrect bang paths on
them, but lintian does not pick them up because it does not look inside gzip
files. Could you change it so it does?

-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux edward 2.2.10-ac10 #1 Mon Aug 2 09:14:47 BST 1999 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages lintian depends on:
ii  binutils        2.9.1.0.25-2   The GNU assembler, linker and binary utiliti
ii  diffstat        1.27-1         produces graph of changes introduced by a di
ii  file            3.27-4         Determines file type using "magic" numbers
ii  perl-5.005-base 5.005.03-2     The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
	^^^ (Provides virtual package perl)
ii  perl-5.005-base 5.005.03-2     The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
	^^^ (Provides virtual package perl5)

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"Darren O. Benham" <gecko@debian.org> writes:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 12:09:01PM +0100, ed@1way.co.uk wrote:

>> All the example scripts in /usr/doc/mawk/examples have incorrect bang
>> paths on them, but lintian does not pick them up because it does not
>> look inside gzip files. Could you change it so it does?

> This is not a bug.  Lintian is designed to not look into gzip files.
> I've chnaged the severity to wishlist.

> I will look into doing it.  Lintian takes a relaxed attitude to the
> stuff in "examples" since they are just that, examples.  If I can
> perform this check without compromising that "attitude" I will.

This bug has been open and tagged wontfix for nearly ten years now, and I
think I concur with the opinions of those who originally tagged it.  The
script path check already annoys people occasionally, and I think looking
inside compressed files to check this is just too aggressive.

I'm closing this bug accordingly, although I could be talked into
reopening it if people feel strongly about it.

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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