Bug#792501: lintian: rcS.d check should whitelist units masked by systemd

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

On 2015-07-15 15:06, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.5.33
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 

Hi, :)

> It was brought to my attention that the errors exploded on several
> early boot packages whose functionality is implemented directly by
> systemd.
> 
> At [1] a list can be gotten of all the units overriden by systemd. The
> lintian check should omit the warning for all of those.
> 
> I will try to provide a patch for this soonish. If someone beats me to
> it, better :).
> 

Sounds good, I will be looking forward to a patch. :>

> Also, is an array listing all the units the correct approach, or
> should something more elaborate be used? I'm thinking of something
> like the obsolete packages list. If so, a quick intro on how to do it
> would be great. I will start with the array approach unless you say
> otherwise.
> 
> [1] http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-systemd/systemd.git/tree/debian/systemd.links
> 

Certainly:

 * Have you tried reading the tutorial Lintian::Tutorial::WritingChecks?
   - See the "Using static data files" section[1]
 * If the above is insufficient, please let me know what can be done to
   improve it. :)

Thanks,
~Niels


[1]
https://lintian.debian.org/library-api/Lintian/Tutorial/WritingChecks.html#Using_static_data_files