Bug#368792: script-not-executable false positives

2006-05-24 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Package: lintian Version: 1.23.21 Severity: normal The check script-not-executable apparently thinks that everything that starts with #! should be executable, which is far from true. A lot of, say, python or php scripts are installed somewhere under /usr/share and carry that #! for documentation

Bug#368792: script-not-executable false positives

2006-05-24 Thread Russ Allbery
Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Package: lintian Version: 1.23.21 Severity: normal The check script-not-executable apparently thinks that everything that starts with #! should be executable, which is far from true. A lot of, say, python or php scripts are installed somewhere

Bug#368792: script-not-executable false positives

2006-05-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Peter Eisentraut wrote: Package: lintian Version: 1.23.21 Severity: normal The check script-not-executable apparently thinks that everything that starts with #! should be executable, which is far from true. A lot of, say, python or php scripts are installed somewhere under /usr/share and

Bug#368792: script-not-executable false positives

2006-05-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Russ Allbery wrote: This has been discussed before and the general consensus that I recall from previous discussions is that such scripts should either be marked executable or have that line removed if they really can't be executed independently. Limiting the check to /usr/bin can miss