Bug#829649: lintian: Spurious error: init.d-script-missing-dependency-on-remote_fs
On Mon, 04 Jul 2016 22:27:20 -0400 "Roberto C. Sanchez"
<roberto@connexer.com> wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.5.45
> Severity: normal
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> In preparing a new upstream release of the shorewall-init package, I
> found that lintian gave the following errors:
>
> E: shorewall-init: init.d-script-missing-dependency-on-remote_fs etc/init.d/shorewall-init: required-start
> E: shorewall-init: init.d-script-missing-dependency-on-remote_fs etc/init.d/shorewall-init: required-stop
>
> I checked with upstream was informed that shorewall-init doesn't work
> with NFS mount /usr and so assumes /usr is accessible without the need
> for $remote_fs in Required-Start and Required-Stop. I inquired in
> #debian-devel on OFTC about this to see if it was OK to override. I was
> told that this error is spurious as initramfs now mounts /usr and was
> suggested to file a bug report against lintian.
>
Moreover, booting without /usr mounted is now officially[1]
unsupported, so there is no point in playing /-/usr whack-a-mole.
[1] #830829
Saludos
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