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Bug#553146: xfonts-intl-chinese-big: maintainer-script-calls-init-script-directly postinst:23 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.



Package: xfonts-intl-chinese-big
Version: 1.2.1-7
Severity: serious
Justification: This script apparently runs an init script directly rather
User: lintian-maint@debian.org
Usertags: maintainer-script-calls-init-script-directly

Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 9.3.3.2 (Running initscripts) for details.

,----[ 9.3.3.2 Running initscripts ]
| The program invoke-rc.d is provided to make it easier for package maintainers to
| properly invoke an initscript, obeying runlevel and other locally-defined
| constraints that might limit a package's right to start, stop and otherwise
| manage services. This program may be used by maintainers in their packages'
| scripts.
| 
| The package maintainer scripts must use invoke-rc.d to invoke the /etc/init.d/*
| initscripts, instead of calling them directly.
| 
| By default, invoke-rc.d will pass any action requests (start, stop, reload,
| restart...) to the /etc/init.d script, filtering out requests to start or
| restart a service out of its intended runlevels.
| 
| Most packages will simply need to change:
| 
|      /etc/init.d/<package>
|      	      <action>
| 
| in their postinst and prerm scripts to:
| 
|      	if which invoke-rc.d >/dev/null 2>&1; then
|      		invoke-rc.d package <action>
|      	else
|      		/etc/init.d/package <action>
|      	fi
| 
| A package should register its initscript services using update-rc.d before it
| tries to invoke them using invoke-rc.d. Invocation of unregistered services may
| fail.
| 
| For more information about using invoke-rc.d, please consult its man page
| invoke-rc.d(8).
`----

        manoj


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31.4-anzu-2 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xfonts-intl-chinese-big depends on:
ii  xfonts-utils                  1:7.4+2    X Window System font utility progr

xfonts-intl-chinese-big recommends no packages.

Versions of packages xfonts-intl-chinese-big suggests:
ii  emacs-intl-fonts         1.2.1-7         Fonts to allow multi-lingual PostS
ii  vnc4server [xserver]     4.1.1+X4.3.0-32 Virtual network computing server s
pn  xfonts-cjk               <none>          (no description available)
ii  xfonts-intl-chinese      1.2.1-7         International fonts for X -- Chine
ii  xserver-xorg-core [xserv 2:1.6.5-1       Xorg X server - core server

-- no debconf information



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