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Re: Removing lintian warnings? (package games/dmagnetic)

Hey Adam!
Hey Matthew!

Yes, thank you. That answered my questions!!

I changed the value to "no" and just re-uploaded everything.
That removed the warning.


As for the "insecure URI": You are indeed correct. Apparently,
an SSL certificate was part of my hoster's package deal. So
I ordered its activation. I will change the URI once it is
fully activated.


Thomas

On 10/7/19 7:09 PM, Adam Borowski wrote:

On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 05:25:07PM +0200, Thomas Dettbarn wrote:

Hello Matthew.

Yes, it does explain EVERYTHING in great detail.
Unfortunately, that is the opposite of helpful. ;)

So in some other words:

Rules-Requires-Root can be set to "no" unless you ship some files with
non-standard owner or group, or perhaps do something very strange with
permissions.  A package that doesn't require elevated privileges can be
built fine without root.

"Insecure URI" is about using http:// not https://.  In this case, the
https:// URL does not work -- so it's a deficiency of the webpage, not
fixable without upstream's help.  In your case, though, you may have a quite
easy time contacting upstream.  Note that this is not even a warning,
merely a wishlist item.

Likewise, autopkgtests are nice but I don't really see a way to make one
for this package.


On Oct 7, 2019, at 01:25, Thomas Dettbarn <dettus@dettus.net> wrote:
Despite my best effords, there are still a handful of lintian warnings left. Naturally, I would like to get rid of them:
    I debian-watch-uses-insecure-uri
        http://www.dettus.net/dMagnetic
    I testsuite-autopkgtest-missing
    P rules-requires-root-missing
    X debian-watch-does-not-check-gpg-signature

dmagnetic

    I description-synopsis-might-not-be-phrased-properly
        "Play classic textadventures from Magnetic Scrolls in glorious ANSI Art."
    I hardening-no-bindnow
        usr/games/dMagnetic
    I hardening-no-fortify-functions
        usr/games/dMagnetic



Whilst there is nothing I will be able to do about the "insecure iru" and "gpg signature", the "rules-requires-root-missing" is bugging me.
What EXACTLY is it that I have to put into the debian/control and debian/rules files, so that this message disappears? The only root-permissions my package needs are during the installation process. Not whilst building, not whilst running.

PLEASE DO NOT JUST COPY&PASTE A LINK TO THE DOCUMENTATION IN HERE. PLEASE HELP ME.

I believe this requires a “Rules-Requires-Root: no” line in debian/control. Also, while you said not to link to documentation, I should note that if you click through the warning on the package page that you linked it tells you the extended description of this tag that is fairly explicit.
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