On 12/09/2011 05:01 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Joey Hess <jo...@debian.org>, 2011-12-09, 11:50: >>> On the other hand we do have packages with executable debhelper files that >>> are NOT scripts. Debhelper currently breaks those. The execute scripts >>> feature should use a compat level. >> I have made hundreds of changes to debhelper that broke buggy packages >> without >> using compat levels; that is not what compat levels are for. > > Huh? "Some files in debian/* are executable, but they don't need to" would > hardly qualifies even for a severity:minor bug.
I think it should, might be even a higher severity, depending on what the content of these files is - especially .install and similar files might produce not so funny results if you execute them accidentally. -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprint: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ee2482f.4060...@bzed.de
