Re: Override paths for the very latest lintian.
Mats Erik Andersson <mats.andersson@gisladisker.se> wrote on 2011-04-27
23:59:
> I notice to my surprise that lintian_2.5.0~rc2 has changed
> the paths used in contructing warnings or errors when reporting
> on init scripts.
>
> Previously I could write an override using
>
> /etc/init.d/downtimed
>
> but presently the initial slash has been removed:
>
> etc/init.d/downtimed
>
> This potentially could make fairly many override instances
> inapplicable for present day packaging, so I hope to hear
> an initiated voice here, stating that the new behaviour is
> intended. I am not able to get the altered behaviour verified
> in the changelog of lintian, so I send this message instead.
If you think it is a bug, please write a bug report to lintian.
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Have a nice day.
Joachim (Germany)
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