Bug#1031037: lintian: executables in /usr/libexec reports a no-manual-page warning

[Simon McVittie]

Control: tags -1 + patch pending
Control: forwarded -1 
https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/merge_requests/454

On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 at 16:59:35 +, David mohammed wrote:
> W: budgie-control-center: no-manual-page 
> [usr/libexec/budgie-cc-remote-login-helper]
> W: budgie-control-center: no-manual-page 
> [usr/libexec/budgie-control-center-print-renderer]
>* What outcome did you expect instead?
> No warnings since policy states that /usr/libexec isnt a path item that 
> should trigger
> this warning

This is a side-effect of an overzealous solution to #1027744.

I think man pages for private executables should be *allowed* (for the
good reasons given in #1027744), but not *required*. I already sent a merge
request implementing that, which was accepted.

Until this change makes it into a Lintian release, I would suggest adding
an override in affected packages, perhaps this:

# https://bugs.debian.org/1031037
no-manual-page [usr/libexec/*]

smcv

Processed: Re: Bug#1031037: lintian: executables in /usr/libexec reports a no-manual-page warning

[Debian Bug Tracking System]

Processing control commands:

> tags -1 + patch pending
Bug #1031037 [lintian] lintian: executables in /usr/libexec reports a 
no-manual-page warning
Added tag(s) pending and patch.
> forwarded -1 https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/merge_requests/454
Bug #1031037 [lintian] lintian: executables in /usr/libexec reports a 
no-manual-page warning
Set Bug forwarded-to-address to 
'https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/merge_requests/454'.

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