Package: lintian Version: 2.16.0 Severity: wishlist A number of packages run cmd --version/--help in their autopkgtests. This test doesn't really test the functionality of the command, just of the command-line and options parsing. autopkgtest has an option called superficial for the Restrictions field that can be used to mark a test as not really exercising any real functionality. Trivial tests like running a command with the --version or --help options should be marked as superficial. Please add a lintian warning when a test runs either a command from $PATH or a test script with just a --help or --version argument but has not marked the test as superficial. There are probably a number of different ways to write a superficial that are harder to detect (like the one in uhubctl), but those will require manual review.
https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=path%3Adebian%2Ftests%2Fcontrol+--%28version%7Chelp%29 https://salsa.debian.org/ci-team/autopkgtest/blob/master/doc/README.package-tests.rst#L302 https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=path%3Adebian%2Ftests%2F+--%28version%7Chelp%29 -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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