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and subject line Re: Bug#1138774: adds and removes Priority: field on
transitional package
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Package: lintian-brush
Version: 0.179
Severity: normal
Hi,
aide has a transitional package. Every time I run lintian-brush, the
Priority: optional field gets added and removed immediately later again:
[107/5038]mh@swivel:~/packages/aide/aide (wip/lintian) $ git --no-pager show
HEAD
commit 9870933d4167b446bf2046d063e1b92a106fed2e (HEAD -> wip/lintian)
Author: Marc Haber <[email protected]>
Date: Wed Jun 3 15:44:34 2026 +0100
Remove redundant Priority: optional from binary stanza aide-dynamic.
Changes-By: lintian-brush
Fixes: lintian: aide-dynamic binary: redundant-priority-optional-field
See-also:
https://lintian.debian.org/tags/redundant-priority-optional-field.html
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index af611b85..f51d545a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ Description: Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment -
Common files
Package: aide-dynamic
Architecture: any
-Priority: optional
Depends: aide (>= 0.17.3-5~), ${misc:Depends}
Recommends: aide-common (= ${source:Version})
Section: oldlibs
[108/5039]mh@swivel:~/packages/aide/aide (wip/lintian) $ git --no-pager show
HEAD^
commit 1a0ce11091453064323ca96cfb450430c37905a9
Author: Marc Haber <[email protected]>
Date: Wed Jun 3 15:44:34 2026 +0100
Move transitional package aide-dynamic to oldlibs/optional per policy 4.0.1.
Changes-By: lintian-brush
Fixes: lintian: aide-dynamic binary:
transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional oldlibs/optional
See-also:
https://lintian.debian.org/tags/transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional.html
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f51d545a..af611b85 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Description: Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment -
Common files
Package: aide-dynamic
Architecture: any
+Priority: optional
Depends: aide (>= 0.17.3-5~), ${misc:Depends}
Recommends: aide-common (= ${source:Version})
Section: oldlibs
[109/5040]mh@swivel:~/packages/aide/aide (wip/lintian) $
I don't think that is particularly helpful.
Greetings
Marc
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,
'oldstable-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'),
(500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 7.0.10+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages lintian-brush depends on:
ii devscripts 2.26.9
ii libc6 2.42-16
ii libgcc-s1 16.1.0-1
ii libgmp10 2:6.3.0+dfsg-5+b2
ii libhogweed6t64 3.10.2-1+b1
ii libnettle8t64 3.10.2-1+b1
ii libpython3.13 3.13.12-1
ii python3-breezy 3.3.22-1
Versions of packages lintian-brush recommends:
ii debhelper 13.31
pn decopy <none>
pn dos2unix <none>
ii gpg 2.4.9-4
ii lintian 2.136.2
Versions of packages lintian-brush suggests:
pn brz-debian <none>
ii debian-codemods 0.179
ii git-buildpackage 0.9.43
ii po-debconf 1.0.22
pn postgresql-common <none>
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 0.180
On Wed, Jun 03, 2026 at 04:50:01PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
Package: lintian-brush
Version: 0.179
Severity: normal
aide has a transitional package. Every time I run lintian-brush, the
Priority: optional field gets added and removed immediately later again:
Hi Marc,
Thanks for the report - much appreciated. The fix for this should have
already landed in 0.180. I'll also add a more explicit test for it in
0.181 to make sure it doesn't regress.
Cheers,
Jelmer
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