On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 12:14:41PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > > ...argh. unused-override is *info*-level?
> > >
> > > That explains why I didn't see it by default, but is there any
> > > particular reason for that?
> >
> > It's been that way since at least lintian 1.23 (April 2004)
Processing control commands:
> retitle -1 Please count "unnecessary overrides" in summary line
Bug #909319 [lintian] Doesn't show unused override
Changed Bug title to 'Please count "unnecessary overrides" in summary line'
from 'Doesn't show unused override'.
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909319:
Control: retitle -1 Please count "unnecessary overrides" in summary line
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 02:12:58PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Josh Triplett writes:
>
> > While I do think unused-override makes sense as a warning, here's an
> > alternative that would have worked for the issue I ran
Josh Triplett writes:
> While I do think unused-override makes sense as a warning, here's an
> alternative that would have worked for the issue I ran into:
> Could Lintian's summary line mention unused overrides?
> The line that says:
> N: 1 tag overridden (1 error)
> could say:
> N: 1 tag
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 01:18:08PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Josh Triplett writes:
>
> > Would there be any objection to upgrading it to a warning (not an error,
> > just a warning)?
>
> I vaguely recall us considering doing that, but the concern was that
> overrides are a mechanism to keep
Josh Triplett writes:
> Would there be any objection to upgrading it to a warning (not an error,
> just a warning)?
I vaguely recall us considering doing that, but the concern was that
overrides are a mechanism to keep people using Lintian who are pretty
sensitive to unnecessary tags. So
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 08:04:37PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 11:58 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 07:44:05PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 11:40 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > > > It no longer triggers that tag as of
On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 11:58 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 07:44:05PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 11:40 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > > It no longer triggers that tag as of lintian 2.5.104, which
> > > allows
> > > metapackages to depend on
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 07:44:05PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 11:40 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > It no longer triggers that tag as of lintian 2.5.104, which allows
> > metapackages to depend on toolchain packages.
>
> Right, sorry, I missed that the stretch-backports
On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 11:40 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> It no longer triggers that tag as of lintian 2.5.104, which allows
> metapackages to depend on toolchain packages.
Right, sorry, I missed that the stretch-backports package is lagging a
little.
However, running from a current lintian git
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 07:38:32PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 10:34 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > Control: retitle -1 Doesn't show unused override
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 06:41:14PM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> [...]
> > > Check out
Control: retitle -1 Doesn't show unused override
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 06:41:14PM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 09:12:40AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > Sometimes an override becomes unnecessary, either because the package
> > changed to not need it or lintian changed
Processing control commands:
> retitle -1 Doesn't show unused override
Bug #909319 [lintian] Show unnecessary overrides
Changed Bug title to 'Doesn't show unused override' from 'Show unnecessary
overrides'.
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909319: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=909319
Debian Bug Tracking
Processing control commands:
> tag -1 moreinfo
Bug #909319 [lintian] Show unnecessary overrides
Added tag(s) moreinfo.
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909319: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=909319
Debian Bug Tracking System
Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems
Control: tag -1 moreinfo
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 09:12:40AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Sometimes an override becomes unnecessary, either because the package
> changed to not need it or lintian changed to become more discerning and
> no longer flags the package. Either way, at that point the
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.104
Severity: normal
Sometimes an override becomes unnecessary, either because the package
changed to not need it or lintian changed to become more discerning and
no longer flags the package. Either way, at that point the override
becomes unnecessary. Lintian should
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