Bug#586862: [lintian] Hython interpreter
(resending to bug address, previous mail was sent only to Russ, sorry)
On Monday 28 June 2010 02:49:51 you wrote:
> "Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo" <manuel.montezelo@gmail.com> writes:
> > W: aqsis: unusual-interpreter
> > ./usr/share/aqsis/plugins/houdini/slx2otl.py #!hython
> > N:
> > N: This package contains a script for an interpreter that the
> > Lintian N: maintainers have not heard of. It could be a typo for a
> > common N: interpreter. If not, please file a wishlist bug on
> > lintian so that the N: Lintian maintainers can add this interpreter
> > to their list.
> >
> > Apparently, such scripting interpreter exists...
> > http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini9.5/news/9/python
> >
> > I don't know if it's really worth adding it, though, but here we are.
>
> That's not a valid #! line regardless. It would need to contain the full
> path to the interpreter for that executable. Were you planning on
> modifying the #! line to contain the full path to the interpreter so that
> it would become a valid executable?
>
> It looks like hython and Houdini aren't packaged for Debian already (in a
> few brief searches), so it's probably pointless for Lintian to know about
> the interpreter. It would just exchange one warning for another.
>
> Given that Houdini isn't apparently available in Debian and appears to be
> a non-free commercial application, I'm not sure there's much point in
> including that plugin in the package as included in Debian, at least in
> that directory. Wouldn't someone who had purchased Houdini need to go to
> extra steps to get that plugin to work properly anyway?
Yep, I think that you are right, and I now asked in debian-legal about this.
Sorry for the inconvenience, I think that you can close the bug now.
Cheers.
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Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo@gmail.com>
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