Package: lintian Version: 2.5.13 Severity: wishlist In my porting work, I've frequently seen cases where a debian/rules file provides an override_dh_auto_test target, but that target doesn't check for DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS containing nocheck before running the tests. According to #568897 it's a deliberate design choice that override_dh_auto_test needs to replicate this check which is internally done in the default dh_auto_test command, in order to allow for cases where *not* running the testsuite would cause an FTBFS. But in most cases I've seen it looks like it's just an oversight, or maintainers assuming dh will check for "nocheck" before calling override_dh_auto_test.
So, it would be nice to have lintian issue a warning if an override_dh_auto_test target doesn't contain any mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS or nocheck. I don't know what would be the best way to implement such a check, though. Maybe it could trigger if debian/rules contains override_dh_auto_test anywhere, but doesn't have any line matching (nocheck.*DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS|DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.*nocheck). -- Daniel Schepler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1384825.Xa2thyptIP@frobozz
