On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 12:27:57PM -0600, Clay Crouch wrote: > > > > > Lintian (v1.117) complains about the 'config' and 'templates' > > > > > file. I > > > > Ignore it... debconf isn't certified by Policy, so lintian puts out a > > > > warning, that's all. > > > > > > Ok, but I was warned that lintian "dirty" packages won't be allowed > > > into the distribution tree :-? > > I was the one who warned Roberto about dinstall doing a lintian > check of uploaded packages prior to installing. These were my > exact words: > > =====> BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT <===== > Your package hass to be able to pass a check with lintian before > it will be installed in the archive. The scripts that do the actual > installation of a package into Debian do a lintain check, and if the > package fails, it is rejected. > =====> END INCLUDED TEXT <===== > > I failed to make the distinction between lintian warnings and errors, > WRT how dinstall deals with them....
Actually that's not true. dinstall does no automatic lintian checks, the package is only checked (with lintian and otherwise) by a FTP admin when it is first added to the archive. Note that this doesn't mean we shouldn't strive to have lintian-clean packages, just that we aren't forced to strive to have them... :) -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
