reopen 235866 thanks If you didn't understand the explaination: that's because I wanted to close an totally different lintian bug with it :)
Sorry, lintian has too many bugs, *sigh*, and that's what we're trying to solve... --Jeroen On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 06:03:23PM -0800, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > Your message dated Fri, 5 Mar 2004 02:28:13 +0100 > with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > and subject line Then don't do that > has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. > > This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. > If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the > Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. > > (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I am > talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration > somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) > > Debian bug tracking system administrator > (administrator, Debian Bugs database) > > -------------------------------------- > Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 2 Mar 2004 21:38:03 +0000 > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 02 13:38:03 2004 > Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: from 82-38-206-197.cable.ubr05.shef.blueyonder.co.uk > (vivacia.halon.org.uk) [82.38.206.197] > by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) > id 1AyHaV-000570-00; Tue, 02 Mar 2004 13:38:03 -0800 > Received: by vivacia.halon.org.uk (Postfix, from userid 1000) > id 9AF5D3E54F; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 21:37:59 +0000 (GMT) > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > From: Neil McGovern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: lintian: False positives: > postrm-does-not-call-updatemenus/postinst-does-not-call-updatemenus > X-Mailer: reportbug 2.49 > Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 21:37:58 +0000 > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_01 > (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.0 required=4.0 tests=HAS_PACKAGE autolearn=no > version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_01 > X-Spam-Level: > > Package: lintian > Version: 1.22.11 > Severity: normal > Tags: sid > > The follwing errors are produced: > E: limewire: postinst-does-not-call-updatemenus usr/lib/menu/limewire > N: > N: Since the package installs a file in either /usr/lib/menu or > N: /etc/menu-methods, the package should probably call the update-menus > N: command in it's postinst script. > N: > N: For example, use the following code in your maintainer script: > N: if [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ] ; then update-menus ; fi > N: > E: limewire: postrm-does-not-call-updatemenus usr/lib/menu/limewire > N: > N: Since the package installs a file in either /usr/lib/menu or > N: /etc/menu-methods, the package should probably call the update-menus > N: command in it's postrm script. > N: > N: For example, use the following code in your maintainer script: > N: if [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ] ; then update-menus ; fi > N: > > However, these do actually exist in debian/postrm and debian/postinst: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/debian/limewire-3.8.5] $ grep update-menus debian/* > debian/changelog: * Add call to update-menus in postinst and postrm. > debian/postinst: if [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ] ; then update-menus ; fi > debian/postrm: if [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ] ; then update-menus ; fi > > Many thanks, > Neil McGovern > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Kernel: Linux 2.6.0 > Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB > > Versions of packages lintian depends on: > ii binutils 2.14.90.0.7-5 The GNU assembler, linker and > bina > ii diffstat 1.34-1 produces graph of changes > introduc > ii file 4.07-2 Determines file type using > "magic" > ii man-db 2.4.2-10 The on-line manual pager > ii perl 5.8.3-2 Larry Wall's Practical > Extraction > > -- no debconf information > > --------------------------------------- > Received: (at 235866-done) by bugs.debian.org; 5 Mar 2004 01:28:14 +0000 > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 04 17:28:14 2004 > Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: from a-eskwadraat.nl [131.211.34.218] (mail) > by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) > id 1Az48M-0005BM-00; Thu, 04 Mar 2004 17:28:14 -0800 > Received: from jeroen by A-Eskwadraat.nl with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) > id 1Az48L-0005Hg-00 > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 05 Mar 2004 02:28:13 +0100 > Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 02:28:13 +0100 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Then don't do that > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i > X-Habeas-SWE-1: winter into spring > X-Habeas-SWE-2: brightly anticipated > X-Habeas-SWE-3: like Habeas SWE (tm) > X-Habeas-SWE-4: Copyright 2002 Habeas (tm) > X-Habeas-SWE-5: Sender Warranted Email (SWE) (tm). The sender of this > X-Habeas-SWE-6: email in exchange for a license for this Habeas > X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant > X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this > X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to <http://www.habeas.com/report/>. > From: Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_01 > (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.0 required=4.0 tests=HABEAS_SWE autolearn=no > version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_01 > X-Spam-Level: > > Hi, > > Please simply don't do that. Simply ship those files executable, even > though it doesn't make sense, you shouldn't employ such tricks to > prevent it, if users want to shoot themselves in the foot by trying to > launch something while installing/deinstalling, well, they should do so. > It doesn't have any negative result, other than 'it doesn't work then'. > > If you insist, install an override. > > Closing this bug... > --Jeroen > > -- > Jeroen van Wolffelaar > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) > http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl

