Hi Felix, On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 01:34:24PM -0800, Felix Lechner wrote: > On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 4:33 AM Marc Haber > <mh+debian-packa...@zugschlus.de> wrote: > > > > I wondering whether the missing leading backslash in the path is > > correct. > > You probably meant a regular slash, and not a backslash.
Of course. I apologize. > Lintian has > used such relative-looking path names since before it found me. Is it intended that I copy-paste the lintian message verbatim into an override? And if yes, why does this so seldomly work for me? > The path you asked about is part of a pointed hint. It includes file > information that will soon be a live link on our website. [1] That sounds nice for the web form of lintian. I usually call lintian on the command line before I upload a package. > Overrides are currently in flux. Maybe overrides should be in a more > capable format, such as Deb822. In your case, that would probably look > something like: > > Tag: python3-script-but-no-python3-dep > Note: /usr/bin/python3 > Pointer: usr/share/apport/package-hooks/* > > Perhaps I should also add a tool for users to generate or modify > overrides interactively. I have used something similar for years in > Lintian's test suite to recalibrate tests for sweeping changes. Those ideas are nice for the future. As a package maintainer, I hate to see things like "lintian reports 29 errors and 5 warnings" in the Debian Package Tracker and to see Salsa CI pipelines failing just because I cannot figure out to properly write an override. Also, things like that are likely to drown out real issues in the output. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
