Bug#513086: Lintian could provide some hints how I can repeat a certain check myself

2009-01-30 Thread Russ Allbery
Fabian Greffrath writes: > it would be nice if lintian could be more verbose about *how* it found > out a certain issue and how I can check it manually myself. For example, > I have no idea how lintian knows about shlib-with-non-pic-code or > shlib-with-executable-stack. > > On the other hand, ma

Bug#513086: Lintian could provide some hints how I can repeat a certain check myself

2009-01-26 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Package: lintian Severity: wishlist Dear Russ, it would be nice if lintian could be more verbose about *how* it found out a certain issue and how I can check it manually myself. For example, I have no idea how lintian knows about shlib-with-non-pic-code or shlib-with-executable-stack. On th