Theodore Tso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > W: uuid-runtime: command-with-path-in-maintainer-script prerm:5 > /usr/sbin/uuidd > N: > N: The indicated program run in a maintainer script has a prepended path. > N: Programs called from maintainer scripts normally should not have a > N: path prepended. dpkg ensures that the PATH is set to a reasonable > N: value, and prepending a path may prevent the local administrator from > N: using a replacement version of a command for some local reason. > N: > N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 6.1 (Introduction to package > N: maintainer scripts) for details. > N: > > Here, I want to make sure the uuidd daemon is shutdown before removing > the package. Since the uuidd daemon is provided by the uuid-runtime > package, and I *know* exactly where it is, and I ***don't*** want the > script to be confused by some other pathname being used by the local > administrator, I specify an explicit pathname. In addition, given the > explicit test to make sure /usr/sbin/uuidd exists, it seems non-sensical > to remove the prepended path here: > > if [ -x /usr/sbin/uuidd ] > then > /usr/sbin/uuidd -k || true > fi
For this usage, I think an override is the best. Policy explicitly says not to do this in the normal case, and I'm not sure I can see how to modify Lintian to suppress this instance. I suppose we could have Lintian not complain about files that are shipped in the same package, but I'm not sure that's correct. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
