On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 06:46:19PM +0200, Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a wrote: > I just made an empty package with dh_make with only a postinst > having 'rm -rf /'. Lintian says: > > $ lintian test-rm*deb > E: test-rm: description-is-dh_make-template > E: test-rm: helper-templates-in-copyright > W: test-rm: readme-debian-is-debmake-template > W: test-rm: unknown-section unknown
Lintian only checks for mistakes. If you make it try to check for maliciousness, then the malicious packager will just make his/her trojan more obscure to foil it - thus making it harder for the casual observer to tell that there's a trojan there. This is a social problem. I don't think a purely technical solution is appropriate. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
