Bug#710559: lintian: init.d-script-call-internal-API contradicts /etc/init.d/skeleton

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

Hello folks,

Part of the new init.d-script-call-internal-API tag appears to be either
incorrect or premature:

Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:

> The new init.d-script-call-internal-API tag says:

> W: libapache2-mod-shib2: init.d-script-call-internal-API etc/init.d/shibd
> N: 
> N:    The given init script call an internal API under /lib/init. /lib/init/rw
> N:    has gone away, and the scripts in /lib/init/*.sh represent internal
> N:    implementation details of initscripts. They are not public API for other
> N:    packages to use. Nonetheless, some packages incorrectly reference those
> N:    scripts, notably /lib/init/vars.sh.
> N:    
> N:    Severity: normal, Certainty: possible
> N:    
> N:    Check: init.d, Type: binary

> but /etc/init.d/skeleton has:

> # Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
> . /lib/init/vars.sh

> and then uses $VERBOSE extensively, and I don't see any other way for it
> to be set.  This is inconsistent; if what skeleton is doing is wrong, then
> that file needs to be updated and we need to provide better guidance in
> the Lintian tag as to how $VERBOSE is supposed to be handled.

Which is wrong here: the tag or /etc/init.d/skeleton?  Is there a plan to
update skeleton to some other style of init script writing?

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