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and subject line Re: Bug#1125497: lintian: example-unusual-interpreter
incorrectly flags "#!/usr/bin/env python"
has caused the Debian Bug report #1125497,
regarding lintian: example-unusual-interpreter incorrectly flags
"#!/usr/bin/env python"
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Package: lintian
Version: 2.128.1
Severity: normal
example-unusual-interpreter incorrectly flags "#!/usr/bin/env python" as being
problematic. This feels like a new behavior, because I have many packages
with files with this shebang and have never had an issue before. However,
perhaps it only flags them incorrectly if they are shipped as examples.
Example files that trigger this tag are:
https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/python-libusb1/-/tree/master/examples?ref_type=heads
P: python3-usb1: example-unusual-interpreter python
[usr/share/doc/python3-usb1/examples/hotplug.py]
N:
N: This package contains an example script for an interpreter that is not
shipped in the package and is not known to Lintian. It is possible that there
is a typo or the interpreter is not executable.
N:
N: Visibility: pedantic
N: Show-Always: no
N: Check: scripts
N:
N:
P: python3-usb1: example-unusual-interpreter python
[usr/share/doc/python3-usb1/examples/hotplug_advanced.py]
N:
P: python3-usb1: example-unusual-interpreter python
[usr/share/doc/python3-usb1/examples/listdevs.py]
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On Wednesday, January 14, 2026 4:17:29 PM Mountain Standard Time Nilesh Patra
wrote:
> > However, perhaps it only flags them incorrectly if they are shipped as
> > examples.
> Yes, there are2 tags: "unusual-interpreter” and "example-unusual-
interpreter”.
>
> I looked up codesearch and see a bunch of patches fixing the interpreter[1].
> In this case, this is an Issue with your package rather than lintian. If you
> agree, please close this bug report.
>
> [1]
> https://codesearch.debian.net/search?
q=env+python3+path%3Adebian%2Fpatches&li
> teral=1&page=170
Oh, I see. dh_python automatically replaces the "#!/usr/bin/env python”
shebang with “#! /usr/bin/python3” when installing executable Python files,
but this doesn’t happen for example files.
I am closing this bug report accordingly. I apologize for the noise.
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