(resending to bug address, previous mail was sent only to Russ, sorry)
On Monday 28 June 2010 02:49:51 you wrote: > "Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo" <manuel.montez...@gmail.com> writes: > > W: aqsis: unusual-interpreter > > ./usr/share/aqsis/plugins/houdini/slx2otl.py #!hython > > N: > > N: This package contains a script for an interpreter that the > > Lintian N: maintainers have not heard of. It could be a typo for a > > common N: interpreter. If not, please file a wishlist bug on > > lintian so that the N: Lintian maintainers can add this interpreter > > to their list. > > > > Apparently, such scripting interpreter exists... > > http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini9.5/news/9/python > > > > I don't know if it's really worth adding it, though, but here we are. > > That's not a valid #! line regardless. It would need to contain the full > path to the interpreter for that executable. Were you planning on > modifying the #! line to contain the full path to the interpreter so that > it would become a valid executable? > > It looks like hython and Houdini aren't packaged for Debian already (in a > few brief searches), so it's probably pointless for Lintian to know about > the interpreter. It would just exchange one warning for another. > > Given that Houdini isn't apparently available in Debian and appears to be > a non-free commercial application, I'm not sure there's much point in > including that plugin in the package as included in Debian, at least in > that directory. Wouldn't someone who had purchased Houdini need to go to > extra steps to get that plugin to work properly anyway? Yep, I think that you are right, and I now asked in debian-legal about this. Sorry for the inconvenience, I think that you can close the bug now. Cheers. -- Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montez...@gmail.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-lint-maint-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201006300116.06804.manuel.montez...@gmail.com
