Re: RFS: cracklib2
Jan Dittberner <jan@dittberner.info> writes:
> Lintian has two warning for 2.8.12-3:
>
> 1.) patch-system-but-direct-changes-in-diff (due to using autogen.sh in
> debian/rules)
> 2.) command-with-path-in-maintainer-script (due to an absolute path to
> /usr/sbin/update-cracklib in postinst)
>
> I fixed both issues 1. by creating a patch instead of calling
> autogen.sh in debian/rules and 2. by removing /usr/sbin in the
> postinst script.
I don't think that's the right solution to the first issue. I know some
people prefer to do it this way, but I think it's much better to run the
autotools during the build. Just delete the generated files during the
clean target and then the changes won't bloat the diff.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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