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

[Felipe Sateler <fsateler@debian.org>]

On 15 July 2015 at 12:23, Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> wrote:
> 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. :)

Ah, this tutorial is nice indeed. This seems to cover everything I
will need, thanks!



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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler