Bug#521960: lintian: desktop-mimetype-without-update-call false positive with CDBS
"Marc Dequènes (Duck)" <duck@duckcorp.org> writes:
> When using CDBS and the gnome class, the dh_desktop call is done
> automatically, thus does not appear in the debian/rules file.
>
> To match this behavior the debian/rules file must contain the following
> lines, in that
> _exact_ order of appearance :
> include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
> include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/gnome.mk
> (but may be separated by other include calls or definitions)
The Lintian check is done against the postinst in the binary package, not
against the rules file, so if you're getting this tag, Lintian thinks that
your CDBS setup is not actually working.
Could you check your generated postinst and be sure that the call is
actually in there?
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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