Control: tags -1 patch On 2015-07-03 08:55, Niels Thykier wrote: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.5.32 > Severity: normal > > $ apt-get instal upx > $ upx -9 /bin/ls -o test > $ LINTIAN_ROOT=. perl -I. helpers/coll/objdump-info-helper test | \ > grep -i upx > > If it worked, the last line should say "UPX: yes". > > It seems that our "head $binary | grep -q 'packed.*with.*UPX'" is no > longer suffient. At the same time, it takes a considerable time to > execute that pipeline. On 500 ELF files from > linux-image-4.0.0-2-amd64, it consumes 3 out of 4.5 seconds. > > I am split between fixing the code (making it use "strings" and > running it in a check) vs just dropping it, given it hasn't worked for > at least 2 years (and likely more). > > ~Niels > > Patch removing the check and related code attached. Given no objections, I will apply it to master within 2 days. Thanks, ~Niels
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