Bug#786533: Please add error for packages shipping files in /etc/apt/preferences
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.31
Severity: wishlist
Packages in the Debian archive should never ship files in
/etc/apt/preferences. (Personal packages may choose to do so, but
official Debian packages should not.)
Please consider adding a Lintian error for shipping files in
/etc/apt/preferences.
(No package in the archive currently does so.)
- Josh Triplett
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.0.0-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii binutils 2.25-7
ii bzip2 1.0.6-8
ii diffstat 1.58-1
ii file 1:5.22+15-2
ii gettext 0.19.4-1
ii hardening-includes 2.7
ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.2
ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.29+b2
ii libarchive-zip-perl 1.39-1
ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.34-1
ii libclone-perl 0.38-1
ii libdpkg-perl 1.18.0
ii libemail-valid-perl 1.195-1
ii libfile-basedir-perl 0.03-1
ii libipc-run-perl 0.94-1
ii liblist-moreutils-perl 0.410-1
ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-1.1
ii libtext-levenshtein-perl 0.12-1
ii libtimedate-perl 2.3000-2
ii liburi-perl 1.64-1
ii man-db 2.7.0.2-5
ii patchutils 0.3.4-1
ii perl [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.20.2-6
ii t1utils 1.38-4
ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2+b3
Versions of packages lintian recommends:
ii dpkg 1.18.0
pn libperlio-gzip-perl <none>
ii perl 5.20.2-6
ii perl-modules [libautodie-perl] 5.20.2-6
Versions of packages lintian suggests:
pn binutils-multiarch <none>
ii dpkg-dev 1.18.0
ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.71-1+b3
pn libtext-template-perl <none>
ii libyaml-perl 1.13-1
-- no debconf information
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