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[2019-09-08 21:26] "Chris Lamb" <la...@debian.org>
> > unwanted and to be fixed.
>
> ... but, unless I'm missing something you can surely do that now
> almost trivially using codesearch.debian.net and certainly much
> quicker, independetly and with less hassle than introducing two new
> Lintian tags, etc.
>
> I thus suggest you do that and come back to this bug when you/we have
> a concrete implementation plan.
I should have thought about it myself. Codesearch gives following
result:
1. search for literal `Starting $DESC' gives three pages of init
scripts. Majority (but not overwhelming, around 2/3) of them do
/not/ check for $VERBOSE.
Not very representative, given there is ~1300 services in Debian.
2. search for `log_daemon_msg "Starting' gives 85 pages, with around 2/3
(eyeball estimate) not checking for $VERBOSE. This search covers 850
init scripts, which is rather good part.
3. search for literal `"Starting ' gives hundred of pages, most of them
false-positive (logging in C code).
Not unanimous, but I believe that *checking* for $VERBOSE should be
marked as deprecated.
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