Re: RFS: k9copy
On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 07:21:16PM +0100, Sven Mueller wrote:
> Russ Allbery wrote on 21/11/2005 18:15:
> > Sven Mueller <debian@incase.de> writes:
> >
> >>Also, if it is not lintian clean, you might need to set suitable
> >>overrides.
> >
> > If the reason for the lintian messages is an actual bug in the package
> > (such as in this case, where there are missing man pages), I actually
> > prefer to see the lintian messages stay rather than using overrides. A
> > lintian override to me means that the lintian message is wrong in this
> > particular case, not that it's a known bug.
>
> Well, I generally agree with you, which is why I said 'you might
> need...' - it depends on why the lintian error exists.
> In this particular case, it seems that
> - k9vamps is executable but undocumented upstream and probably only used
> internally ("used by k9copy"). If this is intended to be like this,
> the lintian warning is a kind of false positive.
Independent of the lintian discussion, IMHO such a program should go
into /usr/lib/$package/ rather than /usr/bin/, if for no other reason
than so that a lintian override is unnecessary..
--
Clear skies,
Justin
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