Bug#1078706: lintian: report an error when a package installs a file into an aliased location (merged-/usr, /usr-move, DEP17)

[Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org>]

On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 16:53:43 +0200 Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> wrote:
> Source: lintian
> Version: 2.118.0
> Tags: patch
> User: helmutg@debian.org
> Usertags: dep17m2
>
> Hi lintian maintainers,
>
> I am proposing the addition of a new lintian-tag "aliased-location" that
> is to be emitted for the inclusion of any file below one of the
> locations /bin, /lib* or /sbin as only base-files should carry the
> relevant aliasing links and all other packages should move their files
> as part of the /usr-move transition. At this time, we're below 100
> offending source package all of which have a bug report at rc severity.
> We have a pending policy change making this mandatory. Consequently, I
> am proposing a check for lintian and attaching a patch.
>
> I note that I cannot currently test the patch as lintian fails to build
> from source. I have filed a separate bug about that. Also note that I am
> removing the subdir-in-bin tag, because any affected file emits
> aliased-location with my patch and subdirectories are allowed in
> /usr/bin, so this tag can no longer be emitted.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the transition or
> the patch.
>
> Helmut

Hi,

Thanks for your contribution.

Would it be possible to open a Merge Request on Salsa instead? It's much 
less work for us to do code review there, especially since salsa-ci runs 
the testsuite automatically.

https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian

Cheers,

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