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Bug#792191: lintian: does no longer report unused-override



Jakub Wilk:
> Here's how to reproduce it using only packages from the archive:
> 
> $ lintian --no-cfg -I debconf_1.5.59_all.deb | grep -w unused
> I: debconf: unused-override postrm-does-not-purge-debconf
> 
> $ lintian --no-cfg -I debconf_1.5.59_all.deb debconf-doc_1.5.59_all.deb
> | grep -w unused
> [nothing]
> 
> But it turns out the latter is non-deterministic. About half the time I
> get:
> 
> $ lintian --no-cfg -I debconf_1.5.59_all.deb debconf-doc_1.5.59_all.deb
> | grep -w unused
> I: debconf: unused-override postrm-does-not-purge-debconf
> 

Indeed, thanks.


Fortunately it was *not* a regression/non-determinism in the checks
themselves; "only" in the unused-overrides handling.  Sadly it appears
to be a nearly 3 old regression...

Anyway, pushed a fix to master.

Thanks,
~Niels


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