Louis-Philippe Véronneau pushed to branch master at lintian / lintian
Commits: 58e338c2 by Maytham Alsudany at 2025-03-28T16:42:36+00:00 Convert silent-on-rules-requiring-root to a classification hint dpkg has switched the default of Rules-Requires-Root to no, so this warning is not required anymore. Closes: #1091912 - - - - - 3 changed files: - t/recipes/tracking/generic-dh-make-2005/eval/hints - t/recipes/tracking/generic-dh-make-2008/eval/hints - tags/s/silent-on-rules-requiring-root.tag Changes: ===================================== t/recipes/tracking/generic-dh-make-2005/eval/hints ===================================== @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ generic-dh-make-2005 (source): trailing-whitespace [debian/rules:54] generic-dh-make-2005 (source): trailing-whitespace [debian/rules:49] generic-dh-make-2005 (source): trailing-whitespace [debian/rules:32] generic-dh-make-2005 (source): trailing-whitespace [debian/changelog:6] -generic-dh-make-2005 (source): silent-on-rules-requiring-root [debian/control] generic-dh-make-2005 (source): package-uses-deprecated-debhelper-compat-version 7 generic-dh-make-2005 (source): older-source-format 1.0 generic-dh-make-2005 (source): no-versioned-debhelper-prerequisite 7 ===================================== t/recipes/tracking/generic-dh-make-2008/eval/hints ===================================== @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ generic-dh-make-2008 (source): trailing-whitespace [debian/rules:43] generic-dh-make-2008 (source): trailing-whitespace [debian/rules:35] generic-dh-make-2008 (source): trailing-whitespace [debian/rules:26] generic-dh-make-2008 (source): superfluous-clutter-in-homepage <insert the upstream URL, if relevant> -generic-dh-make-2008 (source): silent-on-rules-requiring-root [debian/control] generic-dh-make-2008 (source): package-uses-deprecated-debhelper-compat-version 7 generic-dh-make-2008 (source): out-of-date-standards-version 3.7.3 (released 2007-12-03) (current is CURRENT) generic-dh-make-2008 (source): older-source-format 1.0 ===================================== tags/s/silent-on-rules-requiring-root.tag ===================================== @@ -1,20 +1,10 @@ Tag: silent-on-rules-requiring-root -Severity: pedantic +Severity: classification Check: debian/control/field/rules-requires-root Renamed-From: rules-requires-root-missing -Explanation: The field <code>Rules-Requires-Root</code> is missing from the file - <code>debian/control</code>. - . - Over time, Debian has successively narrowed the steps for which elevated privileges - are required. It speeds up the building of installation packages in the archive. - Eventually, Debian will switch the default archive-wide behaviour to expedite the - build process further. - . - Please declare explicitly that the sources do not require root privileges. You can - use the setting <code>Rules-Requires-Root: no</code> in the source stanza of - <code>debian/control</code>, but please verify with <code>diffoscope(1)</code> that - the installation packages produced are in fact identical. +Explanation: The field <code>Rules-Requires-Root</code> is not declared in the + file <code>debian/control</code>. See-Also: /usr/share/doc/dpkg/spec/rootless-builds.txt, debian-policy 4.9.2, View it on GitLab: https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/commit/58e338c275958d545c4256b14d8ca535b57786bd -- View it on GitLab: https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/commit/58e338c275958d545c4256b14d8ca535b57786bd You're receiving this email because of your account on salsa.debian.org.
