Re: lintian warnings
Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
>
> There's a new version of tcpquota on the way, and I'm getting some warnings
> from lintian...
>
> ----- s n i p -----
> [ttyp4.papadoc]$ lintian tcpquota_1.6.15-1_all.deb
> W: tcpquota: executable-not-elf-or-script usr/lib/tcpquota/create_database.sql
> W: tcpquota: setuid-binary usr/bin/tcp_masq_openhost 4755 root/root
> W: tcpquota: wrong-name-for-upstream-changelog usr/doc/tcpquota/CHANGES
> ----- s n i p -----
>
> The 'create_database.sql' is a SQL dump, used for creating the database.
> tcp_masq_openhost have to be suid to be able to write in the database.
>
> What should the changes file be named if CHANGES is not good enough?
>
> The whole package is made in perl, no arch dependent files...
>
The changelog is expected to be Changelog. Frankly I do not think we
should have to change the file's name just to appease Lintian.
setuid programs should be set that way by the setuid manager
dunno about that sql file -- sorry (-:
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