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Bug#839861: lintian: init.d-script-needs-depends-on-lsb-base does not use strict enough lsb-base version for (eg.) status_of_proc



On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 19:37:30 +0200 Vincent Bernat <bernat@debian.org> wrote:
>  ❦  5 octobre 2016 21:10 CEST, Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> :
> 
> >> here are more precise checks that could also  be done; such as:
> >> - any use of status_of_proc from /lib/lsb/init-functions needs
> >> lsb-base (>= 3.2-14~)
> >
> >    <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=838997#37>
> 
> Shouldn't we just remove the version? oldstable has a recent enough
> version. 3.2-14 is from 2008. A dependency on lsb-base is enough and
> wouldn't trigger bugs like this where the version needs to be adjusted.

Agreed. It's now even oldoldstable, so it seems safe to drop the version
requirement.

Michael

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