Bug#554006: lintian: Warn if package ships files in /etc/cron.* without depending on cron
On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 05:36:38PM -0700, Felix Lechner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 1:36 PM Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote:
> >
> > I don't think lintian should warn about this, for two reasons:
>
> Are you saying the condition should indicate a visibility level lower
> than a warning, or that the tag should not be implemented at all?
> Thank you!
The latter; I don't think lintian should implement this at all. Lintian
doesn't have any means of knowing whether a cron script is a core part
of a package's functionality, or if it's entirely optional.
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