Bug#650536: [new check] test for missing hardening build flags

[Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <tolimar@debian.org>]

HI!

Am 08.12.2011 23:40, schrieb Kees Cook:

>> Backporting concerns and output stability:
>> ==========================================
>>
>> Both the FTP-masters and Lintian.d.o needs everything in stable (or
>> stable-backports).
>> [..]
> Given that dpkg-buildflags won't be backported, perhaps just having lintian
> detect the lack of the "what are the hardening features?" query ability in
> dpkg-buildflags would be enough to disable the hardening tests in the
> backport?

Why would you do that?  The point of the lintian backport would be to
run the check on packages targeting unstable.  It's not that uncommon
for developers to have some unstable chroots / pbuilder environments on
a stable+backports system, and as said, ftp-master and lintian lab use
the same.  So the results of lintian backport should IMHO be as similar
to the real package as possible.


Best regards,
  Alexander