Re: Bug#553135: sendmail-base: maintainer-script-calls-init-script-directly prerm:67 than using invoke-rc.d. The use of invoke-rc.d to invoke the /etc/init.d/* initscripts instead of calling them directly is required. Maintainer scripts may call the init script directly only if invoke-rc.d is not available.
- To: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
- Cc: Richard A Nelson <cowboy@debian.org>, Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>, 553135@bugs.debian.org, debian-policy@lists.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#553135: sendmail-base: maintainer-script-calls-init-script-directly prerm:67 than using invoke-rc.d. The use of invoke-rc.d to invoke the /etc/init.d/* initscripts instead of calling them directly is required. Maintainer scripts may call the init script directly only if invoke-rc.d is not available.
- From: Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:06:24 +0100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20100122220624.GA21186@localhost.localdomain>
- Mail-followup-to: Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>, Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>, Richard A Nelson <cowboy@debian.org>, Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>, 553135@bugs.debian.org, debian-policy@lists.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 87r5ph6c7j.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu>
- References: <20091029061217.15971.76138.reportbug@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com> <alpine.DEB.2.00.0911020802020.24003@hygvzn-guhyr.pnirva.bet> <[🔎] 20100122205152.GA18711@localhost.localdomain> <[🔎] 87r5ph6c7j.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu>
severity 553135 normal
thanks
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 01:50:40PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> That being said, this is clearly not the problem that either Policy or the
> Lintian tag were designed to catch, and you should feel free to decrease
> the severity and add an override. Also, please feel free to report a bug
Thanks for your input. I just downgrade the severity for now, so others
don't try to fix it as an rc bug.
Helmut
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