Bug#908350: lintian: wrong-path-for-interpreter needs updating to match policy 4.2.1

On Sun, 09 Sep 2018 10:20:51 +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: > > Since we're re-wording, "a special exception" doesn't seem quite right > > to me. I'm not sure what rule being discussed it is an exception > > to. Perhaps "in particular". > Makes sense. I'll change "particular" and "should" immediately bu

Bug#908350: lintian: wrong-path-for-interpreter needs updating to match policy 4.2.1

Hi David, > Since we're re-wording, "a special exception" doesn't seem quite right > to me. I'm not sure what rule being discussed it is an exception > to. Perhaps "in particular". Makes sense. I'll change "particular" and "should" immediately but keep this bug report open, pending: > What about

Bug#908350: lintian: wrong-path-for-interpreter needs updating to match policy 4.2.1

Chris Lamb writes: > --- a/checks/scripts.desc > +++ b/checks/scripts.desc > @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ > . > Note that, as a special exception, Debian Policy § 10.4 states that > - Perl scripts must use /usr/bin/perl directly and not > + Perl scripts should use /usr/bin/perl directly

Bug#908350: lintian: wrong-path-for-interpreter needs updating to match policy 4.2.1

tags 908350 + moreinfo thanks Hi David, > Since policy downgraded the "must" quoted by this tag to a "should", > at least the text of the tag should change. Maybe perl folk have suggestions? Happy to wait until the Perl folk chime in (hence moreinfo), but how about just: --- a/checks/scripts.

Bug#908350: lintian: wrong-path-for-interpreter needs updating to match policy 4.2.1

Package: lintian Version: 2.5.100 Severity: normal -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Since policy downgraded the "must" quoted by this tag to a "should", at least the text of the tag should change. Maybe perl folk have suggestions? Also, should it still be an error? Are those only